jaye's layouts

Jan 1-Blind Scrap Challenge

 

Jan. 2-List Challenge

 

Jan. 3 Crazy Number of Frames

 

Jan. 4-Simple Template

 

Jan 5 Grid Photo

 

Jan. 6 Scrappable Stackables

 

Jan. 7 Magazine Inspiration

 

Jan 8 Build a Tree

 

Jan. 9 QR Code

 

Jan. 10 Altered Tags

 

Jan. 11 Vision Board

 

Jan 12 Filled Template

 

Jan 13 By the Numbers

 

Jan 14 Silhouette

 

Jan 15 Vellum Over Photo

 

Jan 16 Inspiration from Quote

 

Jan 17 Hindsight is 20/20

It seems like forever and in some ways it is. 2006 is a long time ago but a decision I made I still regret.. After lots of tests, I received the news on February 14 that I had breast cancer. Wow! What news to receive, not what I was expecting. Things moved so fast over the next few weeks that my head was spinning. Before I knew it I had an appointment with a surgeon to remove the lumps, a few days in the hospital and then a consult with an oncologist. My meeting at the oncologist was kind of a blur and being me I went on my own. They moved quickly and two days after the consult I started chemo. Talk about my treatment plan, surgery and reconstruction options. However, if memory serves me correctly I don’t feel that I had much of a say except whether I wanted to go with the expander and implants or to do the TRAM. It was decided that I would only lose one breast and I remember asking about having both removed but was told it was not necessary. I agreed but doubted the decision and it didn’t sit right with me but I had so much other stuff to deal with I put it on the back burner. Come surgery time, I was still unsure about just one.
Here I sit 14 years later and regret with all my being that I didn’t fight to have both done. I had multiple surgeries and I think a few would have been avoided if I had pushed for the bilateral mastectomy as everything would have been the same right from the beginning rather than having to undergo surgeries on the other side so I would 'match' as much as possible. All these years later and my reconstructed side is now having issues of scar tissue build-up and at times pain. Oh to go back and change my decision.

 

Jan 18 Create Your Own Cluster

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Jan 19 Cut Out Background

 

Jan 20 Timeline