Well, after jumping through multiple hoops at various doctors, having several holes poked in me, and lots of reading, I have made a decision to have a bilateral mastectomy. The cancer in my left breast is about 5 cm., which is too big to do an efficient lumpectomy and is sort of risky in that they still may not get all the cells. I had a spot in my right breast that turned out to be benign, but don't really ever want to have to think about this coming back or one day having to go back and have an "alignment". I am going to get the mastectomy and reconstruction during the same surgery. It is a long surgery (about 10 hours) and there was a wait for operating room time. The first date they could get me on is August 15. The surgery will be at Willow Creek. I am having an outpatient surgery on July 20 for a sentinel node biopsy where they will cut under both arms to make double sure that my cancer has not drained into my nodes. If that is true and the final pathology of what is cut out shows it was not invasive, then I may not have to have any therapy following. There will be a consult with an oncologist, however, when this is all complete.
I have gotten more cards and phone calls than I would have ever imagined. I am so thankful for my support network.
Just to be fair to Noah's page...He is so cute!! He is learning this summer and was quite proud of himself today when he conquered climbing onto the couch all my himself. I left the room for a mintue. When I came back, he was sitting on the couch like the cat who ate the canary. He was able to step on the dog beds though to give him an extra boost! He has also had fun learning to stomp in all these rain puddles. He even fell is some and jumped right back up. It is really funny how there is such an inate difference between the genders. My few friends who do have baby girls, those children are so dainty. Noah can run circles around them. : )
Love to all!
I have gotten more cards and phone calls than I would have ever imagined. I am so thankful for my support network.
Just to be fair to Noah's page...He is so cute!! He is learning this summer and was quite proud of himself today when he conquered climbing onto the couch all my himself. I left the room for a mintue. When I came back, he was sitting on the couch like the cat who ate the canary. He was able to step on the dog beds though to give him an extra boost! He has also had fun learning to stomp in all these rain puddles. He even fell is some and jumped right back up. It is really funny how there is such an inate difference between the genders. My few friends who do have baby girls, those children are so dainty. Noah can run circles around them. : )
Love to all!
