Good Morning!

Happy Sunday to You All! I am working on a novel right now (Okay, really just a super long blog post!) about my recent surgery, but I wanted to say good morning and write a quick post! My breast reconstruction surgery has me absolutely fascinated and I want to share all the details. Pictures will be included, so reader beware.  I am 16 days post op and I am feeling great! I’ve had two post op appointments that have gone really well. My next appointment is on Friday and I have so many questions for my plastic surgeon about the next steps. Surgery is Phase I. I still have Phase II and III to go. Mike and I went to Walmart yesterday and it was like a date! It felt so good to get dressed, do my hair and get out of the house. It is single digits here, so hat […]

The Jokes on YOU, Cancer!

Happy Friday! I’m excited to share that the last week has gone surprisingly well! I came out of a 10 1/2 hour surgery to the news that the surgery was a success and I now had a tummy tuck and new boobs! Of course I don’t remember that at all, but Tess and Mike tell me that when I woke up, I knew the good news. I spent four adventurous nights in the hospital and came home on Monday. Friends and family came to visit at the hospital, and while I feel like I was completely alert at all times, I vaguely remember those first few days. I’m working on a post for a later date with pictures, but for now I just wanted to let you know that I am home, I am happy. The Jokes on YOU, Cancer! Because of you…. I feel more loved than ever from family […]

It’s a DIEP Subject

Surgery is in three days and I so wish that I was sitting here writing my 2 week post-op update. I am nervous, ready and admittedly a bit scared. I had a pre-op appointment with the plastic surgeon on Friday for my surgery this week. Before reading the rest of this post, please know that I am truly grateful that I am alive and that I found my cancer early. I know there are many women that have traveled this road and their road has been longer and much more challenging than mine. That being said, the last 5 months have been filled with appointments, phone calls, test, results and more decisions than I ever thought possible.    In case you didn’t know…… On August 31st, six weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer, I had a double mastectomy. I am scheduled for DIEP Flap breast reconstruction on December 14th. You can […]

Christmas 2017

Good Afternoon All! It has been a full few days here at the Farmer house. I picked up Tess and Manuel and Tucker at the airport on Wednesday night and we’ve been going full speed ahead ever since in preparation for our Holiday Weekend. On Friday night the four of us went to a party at a friends house and we had a great night. It was fun to have Tess and Manuel along to spend an evening with our friends. I was also reminded that me and my friends have very inappropriate conversations when we get together and I did have to keep reminding them that my daughter was in the room! Nobody listened. lol. It was a really fun night. On Saturday our kids and grandkids came over around noon for our family Christmas. After gifts and stockings, our parents, aunts and uncles and cousins joined us. We […]

Introducing Weight Watchers Freestyle

I’m super excited to introduce the Weight Watcher Freestyle plan that rolls out today! Some of you may have heard a few rumors floating around on WW Connect or Instagram. As a WW Leader and WW Ambassador, I have been sworn to secrecy! Today I get to share the new plan with you! If you are not a WW member, and you’d like to go into 2018 feeling more in control, have more energy, feel healthier and shed some pounds, this is a great time to join Weight Watchers! To the current WW members…..Embrace the Change! Weight Watchers Freestyle has added more Zero SmartPoints foods to the already amazing list of Zero SmartPoints foods. This will offer members more flexibility and freedom on the Weight Watcher plan. I love the new list of foods! Not only are there more Zero SmartPoints foods to choose from, but the list has been […]

Take Good Care of Yourself

FEEL IT ON THE FIRST Happy Saturday! Thankfully I am feeling much better. Thursday and Friday I felt like myself again. Lab work all came back fine. I truly think that last week I had a bug or food poisoning, then my body hadn’t quite recovered from that before I started a liquid diet to prep for my colonoscopy. I think I was just super dehydrated and that was the reason for my nausea and light headed feeling. Dodged a bullet there! Phew. I feel much better now and my goal is to take good care of myself and stay healthy for the next 12 days so surgery will go as scheduled. To stay healthy and avoid any type of cold or cough, we will be spending as much time at home as possible. Before “cancer”, the blog was all about me learning to live my life in a much healthier […]

Just Two Weeks To Go!

Surgery What a crazy last few days. I know. Story of 2017. Wednesday, I went to the hospital for a Pre-admittance appointment where they drew blood and I filled out paperwork. We talked about the importance of me staying healthy until surgery. Lots of hand washing, avoiding sick people, and so on. I left that appointment and four hours later I was vomiting. It also happened to be my birthday. Thursday, Thanksgiving, still sick. Yep. Missed the whole day. Friday was meh….I moved slow. No vomiting. Saturday I felt fine and we went to dinner with some family. Had a great evening. All good. Sunday, nausea again. Light headed. Felt like I was going to faint a few times. Clammy feeling. No fever or vomiting, just nausea, light headed and sweating. Monday. Same. I also was prepping for my colonoscopy, scheduled for Tuesday, so liquid diet on Monday. Monday afternoon at 3:00, I […]