Welcome to my Blog

Hello, my name is Amber Bahr,  I am 34 years old from Appleton, WI.  I have been married to my husband Shane for almost 14 years and we have 2 children together, Caleb 13 years old and Aubree who is 12 years old.   I work at Kimberly Dental as a Receptionist/Dental Asst. and could not ask for better bosses or co-workers, they are truly like a 2nd family to me! 

 In April 2014, I had genetic testing done to find out that I have tested positive for a mutation in 1 of my ATM Genes, which is highly linked to Breast Cancer.  My Mother Sherry, also had this gene mutation and the genetic counselors highly believe it was linked to her recent passing of Breast Cancer.  After much consideration and thought I made the decision to have a Prophylactic Bilateral breast mastectomy on Sept. 4, 2014.  

I was asked to Blog about my journey through all of this and have my blog be shared and read by many that are going through the same thing I have been going through!  I love to talk, so we will see how this all goes with putting my feelings in writing.  

After much thought, I have made the choice to share pictures of my procedures along the way too, as I found out the hard way that when you Google Mastectomy, chances are you see mainly bad pictures and not many pictures of when things good well with surgery, so hopefully I can try to show you otherwise as things have been going well with my surgery. I will warn you in the Blog Post titles if there are pictures along with the post.

 I am hoping to find this somewhat therapeutic and welcome your comments and feedback.