It's late, sorry this might be short :)
Tomorrow will bring our first appointment with our oncologist, Dr. Londer. We have anxiously awaited this day for awhile now. We will receive the final pathology results from the tissue and nodes removed during the surgery and will hopefully begin to develop our treatment plan. We know things won't get started for at least another 3 weeks (the skin/tissue has to heal around the incision sites before mom can be submitted to more invasive therapy such as radiation), so this time should bring some normalcy back into our lives; we're really looking forward to the 2 weddings we have 9/12 because mom will be feeling great and we'll get to celebrate with many of you in person!
Tomorrow holds alot of anxiety too because at this point we don't know what the future will hold, so it will be somewhat of a relief to have a bit of a plan to look forward too (that doesn't quite sound right 'look forward to', but this waiting for the unknown is so tough). We don't expect these next steps to be easy, but we are ready to face them, one day at a time, and beat breast cancer!
We'll update later tomorrow with the things we learn from Dr. Londer. Thanks for checking in, talk to you soon!
The P's
PS- thanks for the cards, etc that keep flowing in! And we've had great dinners this week thanks to some special chefs! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!
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Marilyn - I am relieved to hear your good reports and wish the same for you tomorrow. I'd like to add that you were very lucky to have had the most wonderful surgeon, Dr.Mestitz. When I begged for a stat apt. with anyone available, the referral person said, "trust me, you will want to wait for him". I did, waiting an incredibly long 7 days. He's wonderful. I know it can be hard to see positives right now, but you are benefiting from improved technology: the sentinal node biopsy info hit the newspaper 2 weeks after all 21 of my nodes (all neg.) were removed, leaving me with lymphadema. I remember complaining to Dr. Mestitz about always being a day late and a dollar short and he said, "I'm watching the studies but its not ready for prime time." And now it is and you have benefited!
ReplyDeleteSo you are now a member of a club you never planned on joining, the club of breast cancer SURVIVORS. Its been 12 years since I joined and I can tell you there is LIFE beyond breast cancer. I've been where you are and you WILL be where I am some day. If you'd like to chat with a fellow club member, give me a call. Nicki