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07/20/2025

Disclaimer: I need to vent...
I went for my 1st physical therapy session yesterday for my post mastectomy procedure. I walked away with some disappointment.

If you follow my page, you know this week was the 1st time I was able to attempt assisted pull ups with a band and did a full shoulder routine. It felt great to get back to some normalcy with my workouts. I was even able to do a few full body push ups. But when the therapist was listening to my workouts, she pumped the breaks on my workouts.

She noticed that I was experiencing cording. Cording, also known as axillary web syndrome (AWS), is a condition that can develop after breast cancer surgery, including mastectomies, where ropelike cords form under the skin, most commonly in the armpit area, and may extend down the arm or chest wall. She informed me that my workouts can make this worse, so I have to cut the amount of weights way down and no pull ups and chest work. Only 5lbs for
biceps n triceps. 🙄

You can only imagine my response when she told me all this. She said if I do chest, it will pump my muscles up and my expanders will not settle properly on my pecs muscles. The comment that really got me, "You may look like you are healed on the outside, but you are still healing on the inside. It has been ONLY 3 months. It takes about a year for you to fully heal." 🤷‍♀️ She told me to wait until I get my implants in, and then I can go back to my regular workouts. In the meantime, cardio, legs and my therapy exercises. Yippie...

I don't remember when this picture was taken. I believe it was circa 2017 in Miami. I am going by the color of my sui...
07/17/2025


I don't remember when this picture was taken. I believe it was circa 2017 in Miami. I am going by the color of my suit. Lol. I look back and many thoughts come to my mind. Do I miss looking like a superhero? Heck yeah! But the sacrifices I had to give up is too much for me right now. I pretty much eat clean and exercise more than the average person. But to get to this level requires a lot of dedication. I give props to all athletes who are still hitting the stage after 20+ years. Right now I am towards the end of battling my own health issues. So thats my competition to come out from the other side beating cancer.

06/17/2025

Disclaimer: it is a day late. Im posting on a Tuesday but I said Happy Monday.

This is volume 2 of my Journey Back series. I have discussed what steps I took to go through my mastectomy and reconstruction. Currently, I am about to go through the inflation of my expanders to stretch out my skin
to the size I want my implants to be.

Just a heads up that our bodies will be going through a phase where our breast area will not look like our normal selves. It took me for a surprise when I first saw myself in the mirror after surgery. I'm not saying my mental strength is amazing, but I just looked at myself and said, "Oh boy. It is only for a short period. I'll be fine once all is done." I think some women may break down bc they don't look like themselves. But we have to understand we have no choice but to get rid of the cancer or we will die. Hope that little wisdom helps.

This is a true . A week ago I finally went on vacation to to go see at . We went last year and had a wonderful ti...
06/11/2025

This is a true . A week ago I finally went on vacation to to go see at . We went last year and had a wonderful time and I had to do it again.

While away, the gym is still a must for Joe and me. We found the amazing . If you want a serious gym setting, then this place was it. As you walk in, you see many autographed photos of famous . Apparently, this gym was home for in his early competitive years. Also, there were many competitor looking ppl training. Come to find out, many were getting ready to compete at the show last Saturday.

It was my 1st week back into the gym after 6 weeks post mastectomy surgery. My doctor told me to ease myself back into training. However, there were so many pieces of equipment I wanted to try. I asked Joe if he would spot me so I could try them. "Hell no. Are you nuts? If I have to spot you, you are not supposed to be doing it" is what my loving hubby said to me. 🙄 Darn!

It was a great week even though the weather wasn't the best. I will post anoth

05/29/2025

As mentioned before, I am planning to go deeper into my experience with my diagnosis. I'm not sure how I will share, but I guess I will just speak what is on my mind at the moment.

These past 3.5 months has been such a roller coaster ride. One minute I would get good news, then I get some news that isn't bad but did cause some stress. Truth be told, the only horrible news I received was the diagnosis of cancer. The rest of the news were good. 1) It was Stage 0 2) I didn't need anti estrogen therapy 3) My pathology results showed that I am clear of any cancer. 4) I didn't need radiation or chemotherapy. So I should have been doing back flips when I was told each news, right? But no. Each time I was told good news, I was informed that my scab was healing but not fast enough. This was going on for two weeks. This was causing the delay of inflating the expanders in my breast. Which is delaying the time I will finally get my implants. All I want is to finish all of this and put it behind me.

With all of this, has been a rock by my side. He has had his moments, which is okay bc he is only human. I wish I could have cried or broke down somewhere with some kind of emotion. But not really. I know I should see a therapist or psychologist just to sort out my feelings. is serious $hit and I think I am a sensitive person, so why haven't I cried or showed some kind of emotion? That's what I needed to find out. All I am doing is forging ahead. Doing as I am told by my doctors.

Here we go! Another Monday to start the week. It's no secret that I have been having a rough time these past few months...
05/19/2025

Here we go! Another Monday to start the week. It's no secret that I have been having a rough time these past few months. I am blessed that the doctors were able to remove all the cancer from my breasts, and nothing went into my lymph nodes. However, I still have to deal with having implants added down the line. The small patch of skin had to be surgically removed bc it wasn't healing as fast as my doctor wanted. So now I am praying this will help move my healing process along. I don't see this whole process to be done until the end of this year.

Needed to post this picture bc the colors of my sneakers n back pack does bring a little smile to my face. Thank you .albert for capturing this moment. I was really enjoying myself right before going to see .

€kCancer 🎀

05/12/2025

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Disclaimer: posted these in my stories last Thursday. Now I am posting here bc I had a moment to put together content.

It has been a while since I posted anything about my cancer diagnosis. As you may not know but I had my double mastectomy about 2.5 weeks ago. The doctors said I did well, but they couldn't put the implants in the day of surgety bc my skin wasn't strong enough, so I had to have tissue extenders inserted. Once my skin heals, these extenders will be filled with air to stretch my skin to a comfortable breast size. Then, they will be replaced implants. This won't happen for at least 3-6 months. I have to say 2025 has not been what I expected.

It has been a roller coaster of emotions in the last 3 months. From not knowing how serious my cancer was to will my incision heal to when will the implants be inserted. The support I have been receiving has been amazing. I can't express how much I appreciate all the text, messages, email, phone calls and gift baskets I have been receiving.

The one major element that I couldn't have done without is my main support system... ! I feel so horrible putting him through this, yet he is still here. When Joe said "in sickness and in health" he meant it. He has been such an angel. I can't wait to put this behind us.

This isn't over. I will keep you updated. I do want to express to you all please have your annual check ups. Whether breast, colon, pap smear.... whatever.... your health isn't a joke.

03/13/2025

First off, I want to thank all the ppl who have been reaching out to check with me about my status and how I have been feeling. I posted something yesterday about getting unwanted news, and many checked in.

My MRI from last week saw 2 other lumps that needed to be biopsied to make sure it isn't cancer as well. Needless to say, I wasn't happy and grew extremely anxious bc my 1st biopsy at NYU Langone Health was the worst experience I ever had with pain. I was told I would get some kind of numbing agent, which I think was just topical bc i felt the needle injected into my breast and as it was turning to pull out a sample. It was the worst 3 mins or so I ever experienced. So when my surgeon, Dr Mansoor Beg, told me I needed another biopsy, i was about to cry again bc i couldn't go through that pain again. Luckily, my dear friend, Debbie Smith who is a retired operating room nurse, informed me that a local infiltration injection is part of the mandatory procedure. So I called and spoke to my nurse, Jackie, at Northwell Health to make sure i would get this injection. I am happy to say, this time I felt just the injection for the numbing solution. I didn't even feel the needle grabbing the sample.

So, if nothing else, you are now informed, and DON’T have to experience the pain I did. Just send me some positive thoughts that the two lumps aren't cancerous... please. Be well all!
€kCancer

Also thank you Dr Malekan and Dr Chapman for being patient, understanding, and empathy.

02/25/2025

Full disclosure...
10 days ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor who did my biopsy informed me that it was Stage 0 breast cancer, but several of my friends in the medical field said that the stage can not be determined from biopsy alone. Needless to say, every single dark thoughts were going through my mind until I saw my breast surgeon today to let me know my diagnosis. You could only imagine my feelings when the doctor's first words were when I sat down were "you're going to be ok".

They took my blood to check to see if i had the breast cancer gene. I will also need to get an MRI to see how much they need to do for a lumpectomy, if that is the route I choose to go. The MRI is also to ck my other breast. If it turns out I have the gene and both breast has abnormal tissue, double mastectomy is another route I can choose. But that is way ahead of what I am looking at. I'm taking one step at a time.

If nothing else, I urge all my sisters and brothers with sisters over 35 to get their annual mammogram with sonogram if you have dense breast tissue. Mine are dense, so I had to do a sonogram. I already motivated a dear friend of mine to go get tested.
If any of you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

I was really blessed to have so many of you reaching out to let me know I was in their prayers. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much it meant to me ppl showing their love.

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