The picture is from week 5 after the mastectomy. I ended up with a bilateral mastectomy on 05/25/22 and almost died the day after, having to have emergency surgery. I had lost 1 liter of blood in 4 minutes BP was 70 over 40. I had 16 different attempts at a 2nd IV line none successful and I remember every second of it seeing my tough guy husband standing in the door crying, He said I was so gray he thought I was dead. After being discharged I was in the ER at least 2 times due to the buildup of fluid in the chest area. I had no less than 5 liters of fluid drained between all the weekly surgeon & ER visits. But...09/15/22 the fluid buildup forced the surgical incision to burst open. I had bloody and green fluid everywhere. I dealt with 3 times daily wound care on myself and laundry every other day for 4 months. Due to chemo, radiation, estrogen blockers, and other medications my teeth were a mess. I had so much infection it kept the 4-inch dehiscence from healing. It was more expensive to repair my teeth than to extract the teeth. So, we got a loan of $10,595.00 and 10/12/22 they extracted all my teeth. The good news is after all the infection in my thick blood the dehiscence started healing/closing : ) No more green-yellow gunk leaking. My loss of teeth has been another nightmare that I won’t bore you with. The debt collectors are relentless and threatening a lien on our home. I pray you to have a better 2023