Kelly Morin

Fat grafting

March 9, 2019 I met with Dr. Burdette and AmyJ Wednesday night and they want to do a fat graft (inject fat cells into my right breast). This helps rejuvenate cells and decrease “tightening” of the breast due to radiation. AmyJ took a look at my stomach and she’s like hmmmm.. not a huge amountContinue reading “Fat grafting”

My new oncologist is AMAZING & I started Tamoxifen

March 15, 2019 I met my new oncologist, Barbara Civiello on Monday! She is located in Dover at Wentworth-Douglas hospital. She spent 1hr and 30mins with me and I was beyond impressed. She first went over my entire history and made me feel like she really cares to know every detail!!! She then went intoContinue reading “My new oncologist is AMAZING & I started Tamoxifen”

YouTube- How I take care of my radiation burns

March 9, 2019 I added a few videos to my YouTube channel!! One of them is showing my radiation burns and the other is how I take care of them!! The link is below! I watched YouTube videos of other survivors throughout my journey and I found it helpful. I still follow this one girlContinue reading “YouTube- How I take care of my radiation burns”

Radiation burns are NO JOKE

March 5, 2019 Oh my!! So the radiation burns are starting to become super painful!!!! The actual breast area is tolerable but under my armpit KILLS! The skin is like a dark red/maroon color and is starting to peel!!! So I have a ton of open areas. On days I stay home I don’t evenContinue reading “Radiation burns are NO JOKE”

My benefit ❀

March 3, 2019 Wow!!! I have never felt so loved in my entire life! Thank you everyone for making last night SO incredibly special. So many surprise faces that truly made my night. The benefit was a huge success and thanks to all your support we raised $5,500! Mind blowing!! Jamie and I are soContinue reading “My benefit ❀”

OFFICIALLY DONE RADIATION AND ALL BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

February 28, 2019 I DID IT!! I am officially done radiation and all breast cancer treatment!! I can’t fricken believe it! After radiation was complete the girls gave me a diploma and brought me down the hallway to “ring the bell”. I was like “that sounds like fun”! I got to the end of theContinue reading “OFFICIALLY DONE RADIATION AND ALL BREAST CANCER TREATMENT”

Radiation makes you tired

February 24, 2019 So this past week I was so sick! It started Monday with chest congestion and by Tuesday I had the chills/body aches, stuffy nose and coughing. YUCK!! I haven’t been that sick in a long time. I’m still coughing but don’t feel like death anymore!! My MIL&FIL took the kids all dayContinue reading “Radiation makes you tired”

Port removal

February 10, 2019 On Friday I went to CMC hospital to have my port removed! Just a recap… a port is a device that is surgically placed under your skin and located on the left or right side of your chest. Looks like a small disk that is attached to a catheter. They would accessContinue reading “Port removal”

NH Chronicle

February 7, 2019 My breast surgeon Dr. Patel will be on New Hampshire Chronicle tonight at 7 PM!! Check it out and see how she helps her patients not only through medicine and surgery but nutrition and exercise! My mom and I went to the grocery tour and my sister and I went to theContinue reading “NH Chronicle”

Radiation equipment pics & looking for new oncologist!

January 25, 2019 Radiation went great the past 2 days. Lasted 5 minutes tops! I felt kind of weird asking to take pics of the equipment lol but I thought it would be cool to show you what this stuff looks like.. especially THE SNORKEL! 😆 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!! ❤️❤️ Looking forward to aContinue reading “Radiation equipment pics & looking for new oncologist!”