All is okay!

I still love my breast surgeon! She is the best! I got in for a biopsy on that Monday. Was told results would be to be by Thursday. Dr. G called on Tuesday night at 8pm. Biopsy complete and no cancer was found. Dodged a bullet there. This totally affirms my choice to switch doctors and then also having the right breast mastectomy. I am very happy with my choices. Now I can sit back and relax until August when I will get my date for November. Feeling blessed!

I love my breast surgeon!

Can I just say how much I love her. After much thought yesterday and thinking of every worst case scenario. I sent Dr. G an email this morning and 45 minutes later I have a phone call with a very reassuring voice stating that it is a fibroid cyst but to give me piece of mind they will biopsy next week and then she will see me right afterwards! I love her! So next week I will have that done and then be set for surgery in November! Yeah! So happy! I am also going to see if she can give me a tenative date for the reconstruction so I can have some sort of time frame in my mind.

Hanging halfway off the mountian...

I jinxed myself. Dr. H (the radiation oncologist) office called today to see if they can have copies of my original scans done in October 2012. This does not sit well with me. I am running worst case scenarios around my brain tonight. Ugh.  Because of this I just really want to call the breast surgeon and ask to get the right breast mastectomy done now and then still do the reconstruction in November. I am so glad that I have decided to have this done because I would not be able to handle going in for mammograms every year.
So more to come glad that I have my prescription for the sleeping pills looks like I will need it.

I'm Free....sort of......

Today I had my appointment with the medical oncologist can I tell you how much I love Dr. M! She is so sweet and understanding of my fears. I have a lump/cyst on my right breast we are saying for now it is a cyst. Best case scenario it is a benign cyst worst case it is DCIS. Because it has not grown any bigger but I can feel it when someone is touching it we are going to keep an eye on it. Since I am getting rid of the right breast anyway and it will go through pathology either way it really doesn’t matter.

My next appointment is with the breast and plastic surgeon (who Dr. M called the dynamic duo) in August. Onward and upward!

I'm finally done!

I am all done with my radiation treatments. They ended on Tuesday the 4^th. I had 30 treatments in total. I look bad and am hurting bad. It is tough to sleep on most nights. I know it will heal but right now it looks like a very bad burn which it is. There is no pink ribbon cuteness here.

My PET scan came back all clear. That was a huge relief. Next one is scheduled for October.  

On Wednesday I started the hormone Letrozole so far good. No real problems yet.

Monday I start my three month appointments with the oncologist. So we shall see what happens then and the next steps.

On August 9^th I see the breast and plastic surgeon to set my dates for reconstruction. That I am looking forward to. I am ready for this to be somewhat over. I know it will never truly be over and I will be seeing the doctors every three months but in the end it is all worth it.

Halfway through Radiation

I am almost (I hope) through with my radiation. According to my calculations (before any changes are made) I have 12 left….

This has been grueling for me. One of the reasons why I have been so quiet lately.

My Day goes like this:

6:45 - wake up

7:30 - leave the house

8:15 – have radiation treatment  

10:00 – Start my day at work

7:00 – done with work

9:30 - most night’s bed

I am tired! My body is starting to hurt from the radiation. I am getting burned and it looks like I only have a tan on one side of my chest! I have also been having pains in my joints for the last couple of weeks. They are doing a PET scan tomorrow to see what is going on. I am scared. Too many times breast cancer metastases and I don’t want that to happen to me. Not that I could stop it or do anything differently.

Angelina Jolie…My Thoughts

First here is the article that is being talked about around the world today in case you did not already read it http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=1&

My first thought was THANK YOU! Thank you for sharing your BRACA status and then in turn sharing your story of a double mastectomy. That choice to even get tested is a very private and emotional one.

After my Mother passed away from metastasis of ovarian cancer, my obgyn brought up me getting tested.This was back in 1997. It was very hush hush then. I paid out of pocket for my genetic counseling and then for the labs. Once the results were back that I was BRACA 2 positive my doctor kept them in a sealed envelope to prevent the insurance company from seeing them and using them against me.

I am happy with my decision to get tested. It has helped with most of my decisions lately and before my breast cancer diagnoses.

I am happy that Angelina Jolie has brought this to light. More people need to do so.