Comments on: 25 Things I’d Tell Myself Before My Lumpectomy https://jenniferadouglas.com/things-id-tell-myself-before-my-lumpectomy/ Author and DCIS Patient Advocate Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Why I'm Ignoring the New ACP Mammogram Guidelines https://jenniferadouglas.com/things-id-tell-myself-before-my-lumpectomy/#comment-9153 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:57:13 +0000 https://jenniferadouglas.com/?p=2856#comment-9153 […] guidelines, I may never have gotten those mammograms at 40 and 41. Because I did, I was able to choose the surgery that was right for me. My cancer was caught early. It was more […]

]]> By: Claire https://jenniferadouglas.com/things-id-tell-myself-before-my-lumpectomy/#comment-224 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:58:01 +0000 https://jenniferadouglas.com/?p=2856#comment-224 I went through surgery in Oct 2019 too (double mastectomy/nodes/DIEP recon). Thanks for this post. All the same list of 25 things apply, even though the surgical procedure was a different operation.

]]> By: Jennifer Douglas https://jenniferadouglas.com/things-id-tell-myself-before-my-lumpectomy/#comment-223 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:49:52 +0000 https://jenniferadouglas.com/?p=2856#comment-223 In reply to Nancy’s Point.

Nancy, Thank you! Dogs as secret keepers during our recovery, so true! My beagles were there when I was struggling and never seemed impatient or bothered by my difficulties! Unless it was meal time. Then, I wasn’t a priority!!!

]]> By: Nancy's Point https://jenniferadouglas.com/things-id-tell-myself-before-my-lumpectomy/#comment-222 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:28:37 +0000 https://jenniferadouglas.com/?p=2856#comment-222 Hi Jennifer,

I love this list. The tips are all so good regardless of type of surgery. My favorites are #5 – what is it about warm blankets? And #20. To this day, I call my dogs my eyewitnesses and secret keepers. They saw a lot and told no one anything!

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