Updates

Today I had two appointments.

One was with the surgeon that did the mastectomy. He removed the surgical drain and I was sooooo happy. It felt like getting out of jail. :o)

The second appointment was with the oncologist. The news wasn't wonderful, but it wasn't devastating either. He told me the tumor was a grade 3 (most aggressive), and that out of the 13 lymph nodes they removed, only two had cancer. In the coming weeks, I'm going to have a PET scan of the entire body and a bone scan, just to make sure it hasn't spread anywhere else.

I'm very hopeful, although I've had a sore hip for a few months. I can't help but feel really paranoid about it, but I need to be logical. My dad has terrible arthritis and he hurts in the exact spot where I hurt sometimes. I'm exactly like my dad, even down to same crooked front tooth, haha. So I never thought I would pray for arthritis, but I am now!

I will also be starting chemo in a few weeks. I'm a little antsy about that, but the doc wants to be safe and help ensure that it won't come back.

Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers. I'm doing a lot of praying too. I'll post more as I get updates.