Sharing Knowledge

One of the things that I will be doing in this blog is sharing knowledge. Being a member of a number of support groups on Facebook and elsewhere means I am constantly seeing different topics being raised regarding cardiovascular disease, recovery after a heart attack and diabetes.

Intentionally, I will be 'pinching' some of these topics from time to time and posting them here with additional information which hopefully will be of use to others out there dealing with that issue. It is fair to say that most of these topics will be close to my heart - no pun intended - given that I have heart issues, have had a heart attack requiring stents and bypass surgery and am a Type 2 Diabetic.

I will also post about breast cancer from the perspective of a husband watching and helping his wife deal with this from the initial diagnosis of being told in early 2013 she has stage 3 breast cancer to having a lumpectomy and finding out she has a triple negative form of breast cancer to having radiotherapy and then over a year later finding out she has the BRCA1 gene mutation and then soon after having an oophorectomy and double/bilateral mastectomy.

This blog, by intention, will be about me and issues I have and continue to deal with following my heart attack and health issues.

Fellow diabetics will be fully aware of the UPS and DOWNS of the HIGHS and LOWS that confront us on a day to day basis.

Hectic, difficult past two or so weeks.

Haven't had a lot of time to post over the past few weeks. Two weeks ago last Monday my wife had an oophorectomy having been diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene mutation in late August following a diagnosis of Grade 3 triple negative breast cancer (stage 3 breast cancer) early last year for which she had a lumpectomy a month after the diagnosis. On Monday this week she had a double/bilateral mastectomy and I have just brought her home where now starts the recovery process.

With two stays in the hospital and numerous visits to see doctors and nurses and clinicians prior to both operations and follow-up appointments to come, looking after my wife while she recovers and doing the things that need to be down around the house including looking after a cats and birds, spare time will be in short supply in the coming weeks.

Read more about this at: http://mayocl.in/1vsARw0
(courtesy of Mayo Clinic)

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (in the USA)

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (in the USA). According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 8 (12%) women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Learn about the disease and what you can do to reduce your risk

 Read more about this at: http://mayocl.in/1vsARw0
(courtesy of Mayo Clinic)

I share this as my wife gets ready to undergo surgery in the coming weeks, including an oophorectomy and a double/bilateral mastectomy, having been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in March, 2013 and in August this year being told she has the BRCA1 gene mutation.