On Monday December 11th I went to the hospital to have my Savi Scout placed. The SAVI SCOUT® radar localization technology to treat those who are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer that will undergo breast cancer surgery. SAVI SCOUT® makes lumpectomy procedures — breast conserving surgeries where only part of the breast is removed — easier for both patients and their …
Health and Education
Sometimes I forget and I wonder why.
Sometimes I forget. Really, I do. When I’m knee deep in work and working my ass off for my patients I forget that I have breast cancer. Then I’ll just stop for a moment and zone out briefly in front of the computer and come to the realization that things AREN’T alright. Still trying to …
Did it happen to me? Yes it did.
Welcome back! I had to wait about 5-7 business days for my biopsy results. I made an appointment on Monday, November 13th with my gyn to get those results. I had been having trouble with my “patient portal” which shall remain nameless, and it was only uploading notes and stuff from my doctor’s visits to …
Just when you think it only happens to others…. it happens to you.
On September 25th of this year, I had my annual mammogram. I had it done at the same place, for years like usual, and thought nothing of it. About a week or so later, I received a letter saying that they had seen some asymmetry in my right breast. I visited the gynecologist and got …
COVID-19 Testing My Experience
We are two months into this pandemic and suddenly I needed to be tested for COVID- 19. Not because I was symptomatic but because of where I work. On the day I was having a really bad allergic rhinitis day. I mean no amount of nose blowing antihistamines or decongestants were helping. It was absolutely …
Coronavirus Disease 2019 – COVID-19- Wuhan coronavirus
What is a corona virus? Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). The coronavirus gets its name from a distinctive corona or crown like spikes known as glyccoproteins that projects from the …
Infection Transmission Precautions
Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission. There are three types of transmission-based precautions–contact, droplet, and airborne – the type used depends on the mode of transmission of a specific disease above and beyond standard precautions. Many of these disease …
Krokodil
I was watching Nat Geo as i sometimes do and I was watching that show Drugs,Inc. When the one show ended another one started with a warning about graphic wounds and drug use. I thought, interesting. What I saw next was wounds on peoples bodies failing to heal, that were necrotic or even saw one …
Did you Know? Kitchen Sponges Edition
Kitchen Sponges are breeding grounds and reservoirs for bacteria. They are wet and warm There have been 362 different types of bacteria found in kitchen sponges, according to an NPR reported study. And the density of that bacteria is 45 million per square centimeter. That’s as much as can be found in your toilet in …
BEAUTY Ingredients you should avoid (if you can).
Hormone disruptors also called endocrine disruptors are being blamed for our rising rates of: Endometrial cancer Breast cancer PCOS – Poly-cycstic Ovarian Syndrome Endometriosis Fibroids Infertility and other problems, including testicular & prostrate cancer in men. We encounter hundreds or thousands of hormone disruptors every day. They are found in plastic, metal food cans, household cleaners & …