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Mimi Rodriguez is a 44 year-old homemaker, married for 21 years and her daughter is 10 years old. Mimi resides in South Florida with her family. 
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I’m sorry to say that I’ve decided not to continue writing this blog. I’m having some issues that I need to address and I just don’t want to write any more. I find myself less and less at the computer these days. I have a pile of unread emails. Also, my daughter has been sick with her [...] Print This Post
A week after my breast reconstruction surgery, when I saw my new nipples for the first time, I was shocked. They appeared too large, were oozing and ugly. The left one had been oozing yellowish-greenish fluid for a while. I visited my surgeon’s nurse who told me that everything looked good and that my breasts would [...] Print This Post
I had my breast reconstruction surgery and did pretty well. I was much more concerned about this surgery than the mastectomy, because I kept thinking about the “what if’s”. On the day of the surgery, there were some delays with another patient that caused my surgery to be delayed until 2 p.m. and the waiting made me [...] Print This Post
I finally got up enough courage to shop for Playboy as my plastic surgeon had recommended. I discovered that the local bookstore carried them and went with my daughter after school to purchase one. My daughter knows that her mom doesn’t read porn, but she understood that I needed some idea of what I wanted [...] Print This Post
I’m trying to put breast cancer behind me, but I keep seeing cars with the Florida “End Breast Cancer” license plates. I never knew there were so many people who supported breast cancer by purchasing these plates. I guess I’m going to have to get one too. It’s funny, I’m sure these plates were around [...] Print This Post
Last Friday, I accompanied my daughter on her 5th grade trip to Universal Studios in Orlando. It was a one-day bus trip that had us departing from Miami at 5:30 a.m. and returning at 11 p.m. It was exhausting to say the least, but we had a great time and the weather cooperated. Physically, I felt [...] Print This Post
I never thought that my first experience with plastic (cosmetic) surgery would be to cover up the scars and reconstruct the breasts that I lost to cancer. I always imagined that it would be surgery on my nose with its deviated septum. Since surgery and general anesthesia scare the heck out of me, I didn’t anticipate getting any [...] Print This Post
As if getting breast cancer isn’t bad enough, I now have to deal with an extremely high triglyceride level in my blood. It gets worse. Apparently, tamoxifen, the medication that I take to prevent a breast cancer recurrence, can increase triglycerides in the blood. So now I have to be concerned about a heart attack or [...] Print This Post
The surgery to replace my tissue expanders with real breast implants happens in a month and I was told by my plastic surgeon to shop around for the right-sized boobs. What? She suggested that I look through the pages of Playboy and the Victoria’s Secret catalogue to do this. But I really don’t want to [...] Print This Post
It’s a brand new year and I wish everyone the best. Though I ended last year a bit depressed, I’m hoping to make a fresh start this year and do whatever it takes to keep a positive attitude and stay healthy. I’ve ordered lots of self-help books from the library; some are religious and others have messages [...] |
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