I had a routine mammogram on 9/30. About a week later, they called me back for more views, and then recommended a biopsy which I had on 10/18. On October 22, my mother's birthday, I learned that I have breast cancer.
Last week I had an MRI and had my Boulder Community slides read by Rose pathology. The MRI showed the malignancy, and the pathology is the same. There was a recommendation for another biopsy on a second cluster in the same breast. I'm having that tomorrow and dread it with a passion. I was not numbed enough at BCH and the process was freakin' painful. Today, I doped myself up on Ativan to see if 2 mg is enough to calm me down. It did calm me but didn't put me to sleep. Maybe I'll take 3 tomorrow? :)
With my Lyme-impaired nervous system, recovering from anything like that is difficult. It is even difficult to recover from a social situation where there are people, noise, lights, smells, etc. Recoveries take from hours to days.
So, another biopsy tomorrow and then it will be time to make plans.
HI Val, glad to know what's going on but sad to read about the painful biopsy. Hopefully, you'll have full information very soon. Sometimes the "not being sure" is worse than the treatment.
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Appears to be strong link.
Val, I'm speechless! Words seem so shallow except to say I'm praying daily for your recovery. With prayer and your tenacity, you'll beat this one. Love you, Shari
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brenda and Shari. Please read today's report. Not so good.
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