i FOUND OUT I HAD BREAST CANCER IN MAY OF 2012, I DECIDED TO HAVE A DOUBLE MASECTOMY TRAN FLAP SEPTEMBER 2012 THE MASECTOMY WAS DONE AND WENT GREAT. I WAS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL IN NO TIME THAT SURGERY WAS 10 HOURS LONG. WITH ALL MY FAMILY BY MY SIDE SON, DAUGHTER COUSIN LAYNA AND ALSO MY EX-HUSBAND. IN DECEMBER MY STOMACH WAS DONE TO MAKE MY BREAT THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL, AFTER THEY SENT ME HOMEMY STOMACH GOT INFECTED AND THEY HAD TO PUT A WOUND VAC ON BECAUSE IT WAS NOT HEALING WELL. I WAS ADMITED BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL AND REMAIN THERE FOR 2 MONTHS WHAT EVER COULD GO WRONG WENT WRONG. I WAS MALNURIOUSTED AND HAD TO RECEIVED HYPERBARRICKS WHICH IS OXEGEN TREATMENT TO HELP ME HEAL BETTER. THEN MY EARS GOT INFECTED FROM THE HYPERBARRICKES THE MACHINE THEY PUT YOU IN IS LIKE A AIRPLANE STARTING UP. SO BACK TO SURGERY TO GET TUBES IN MY EARS. THEN ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT I GOT A BLADDER INFECTION WITH A VERY HIGH FEVER, THEN BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED VERY DEATH LOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG DID. I DID GET THE BEST CARE IN JEFFERSON HOSPITAL IN PHILA. PA.1 WEEK BEFORE IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME I STILL WAS GETTING ANTIBIOTICS 5 TIMES A DAY THREW IV SO I COULD NOT GO HOME SO I HAD TO GO TO A AFTER CARE FACILITY BECAUSE INSURANCE WOULD NOT LET ME STAY IN THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE. ALL ALONG MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELP TAKE CARE OF WHAT EVER I NEEDED. I MISSED ALL MY HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. ALL OF THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE 6 TO 8 WEEKS WAS 8 MONTHS. SINCE THEN I HAD 2 BREAST REDUCTIONS FROM LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT MY BREAST WERE SAGGING. IT IS NOW JUNE AND I HAVE A APPT. WITH THE DR. TO SET UP MY NIPPLES TATOO ON. THE END!! THANKS TO LAYNA MY DAUGHTER MY SON ANTHONY AND RICHARD MY EX-HUSBAND AND MY ANGEL COUSIN LAYNA AND FRIEND GRACE,

MARYANN SHEARMAN
drexel hill, PA