Author Archives: Krissi Rae

I know I have been a little quiet lately. Truth is I haven’t been doing that great. I have had a lot of doctors appointments, scans, brain radiation(yeah that sucked), and my infusions of Kadcyla resumed July 1, 2019. I had started a post back in August before radiation began and then tried to continueContinue reading “Sometimes Things Don’t Go According To Plan”

Surgery was June 12, 2019 We arrived at the hospital at 0630 there was confusion when we got there the several messages I received about where to go was not where they wanted me. The only not friendly person I came across was at this central registration. Which is not the normal for this hospitalContinue reading “Brain Surgery Recovery – The first two weeks”

I felt it was a good time to do a short update post. Tomorrow June 12, 2019 I will be going in for brain surgery. It wasn’t what we had originally planned for this week. Mom and I were suppose to be on vacation in Florida. I guess this will be just as fun, right?!Continue reading “June 11, 2019”

My first meeting with Dr. Simpson I had explained about some pain I was having when I was breathing. I also informed him how I had this pain before in fact it sent me to the hospital the Christmas eve prior. Since I was having a very similar pain and being diagnosed with cancer IContinue reading “Hell Week – September 2017”

It’s time for an update to let everyone know where I have been. I have actually been in the middle of a blog post for over a month now. It’s called Hell Week and I couldn’t quite figure out why I got to the point where I just seemed to be blocked. I believe itContinue reading “Where have I been?”

This past weekend I attended my first Young Survivor Coalition(YSC) Summit in Austin, TX. This organization is for young women facing a breast cancer diagnosis. Every year they hold a conference with speakers, breakout sessions that address the needs of young women with breast cancer and also for their co-survivors as well. If you areContinue reading “YSC Summit – 2019”

Overall the squats have been going well. I finished up day 41 today with front squats. I’m not trying to increase weight as rapidly as I did before mostly this is due to chemo. It already is a struggle doing these daily. I don’t want to burn myself out. I have hit my first goalContinue reading “Day 41”

As I write this post I am currently receiving chemo. The cancer care team goes beyond just the doctors. There are so many amazing people in this facility that make you forget what’s really going on, even if it’s only for a minute. We were just laughing so hard at something and I just wantContinue reading “My Introduction to the Cancer World”

The following Tuesday August 22, 2017 I had a follow up appointment with Dr. Rashid to discuss the results. All the results were in except the lymph node biopsy. My aunt Judy was with me for support. As we waited in the exam room Dr. Rashid came in and informed both breast biopsies came backContinue reading “The Day Everything Changed”

August 17, 2017 I found myself sitting in the waiting room of my breast surgeon’s office. I never thought I would ever have a breast surgeon let alone knew why one would need one. This appointment I made prior to my mammogram because that was my OBGYN office’s instructions. I really had no idea whatContinue reading “First of many new doctors”