Journal entry by Jill Williams —
While I'm on a break between chemo and radiation, I met with my plastic surgeon to discuss next steps. I was not getting my hopes up that I'd be able to have my reconstruction surgery before radiation since my colorectal surgeon wanted to wait on my other surgeries, but my plastic surgeon, Dr. Eagan felt very confident we could have a successful surgery with less damage from radiation versus waiting for reconstruction until after radiation - waiting until after increases the chance of the radiated skin rejecting the breast implants and with radiation there's an increased risk of damage to the tissue expander. This was definitely unexpected, but good news. All he needed to do was discuss with my radiation oncologist to get her buyoff.
Today I got the green light and surgery is scheduled for 4/25! Recovery should be much easier (🤞🏻🤞🏻) than my mastectomy recovery. With all things considered, I think my mastectomy surgery was one of the easier parts of this journey🥴, so hoping this is even easier. Radiation will be pushed out just a few weeks, so anticipating beginning mid-May.
I'm also hoping my body is feeling much better by surgery day - these side effects continue since chemo is cumulative, but by 4/25 I'll be a month out from chemo and I've been told by my chemo buddy that's when she started feeling better.
Thank you all for the continued support and prayers💗
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