In this video I share my personal breast cancer journey from the beginning up to my surgery and recoverythe many years of scans, two years of debating about surgery and my final breast surgery plan. This video was shot just before my mastectomy and is meant only as a support to other women and not as any kind of medical advice. We all have our own characteristics and prioritiesmine are necessarily different from yours, and that's a good thing. This is part one of a new series on my breast cancer journey. Stay tuned for more organic gardening after that!

Related Videos:

The video I mentioned here, about my first biopsy:    • Preparing for My Needle Biopsy (of th...  
My last video from last year when I was much more optimistic:    • Video  
My first video, taken just before my first biopsy:   • My Breast Biopsy Day  
The video I shared after I was diagnosed:    • The Story of My Stage Zero Breast Can...  

Links:

My instagram handle is @a.breast.cancer.diary

University of California's latest and greatest videos on this topic:
   • Integrative Oncology 101: Empowering ...  
   • Nutrition and Cancer: Do’s and Don'ts  

The only video/site that I've EVER found that adequately describes DCIS:    • What We Know and Don't Yet Know About...  

Another you tube channel that I love:
Eamon and Bec (the 2022 videos about her cancer story)




Chapters:
0:00 Thought this story was over but it's not!
0:47 The breast cancer screening part of my journey has lasted ten years!
2:03 My first DCIS symptom: nipple discharge led to my first biopsy
2:54 My first breast biopsy, a core needle biopsy
4:00 Calcifications didn't go away, and neither did my bloody discharge symptom
4:56 My second breast biopsy: a stereotactic breast biopsy
6:46 A third biopsy? No thanks... a PET Scan was my next step
7:50 What's a PET Scan?
8:40 A second symptom: dimpling in the breast
9:32 Lumpectomy or Mastectomy? What is minimally invasive and when do we want it?
10:40 A second opinion
11:52 My surgery research and sentinel lymph node biopsy
12:34 Lifestyle changes I'm making
13:25 Intermittent fasting with a 14 hour window
14:08 Staying away from alcohol because I'm not sure if organic wine is harmful
15:24 Trying to increase my daily exercise for breast cancer reduction


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