Medical Updates

Oops! I forgot to put the medical stuff in the last entry. Well, my oncologist said "I can't find the damn thing" in my last check up. That's great! Since the last time we "spoke" I say my surgeon as well. My surgery will be approximately 2 weeks after my last chemo treatment, in other words the 2nd or 3rd week in September. I will have a mammogram & ultrasounds on the 21st and meet with my surgeon to establish exactly what will happen and the exact date of my surgery. Of course I will keep you posted.





I wasn't sure if I wanted to share all this info, but what the hell......ya'll know all my business anyway!!!





After meeting with the genetic counselor and having all the test, it was confirmed that I am BRCA1 positive. I spoke about this before, but again it's the gene that makes me predisposed to breast & ovarian cancer. There were several options laid out for me but I chose to have the lumpectomy and offarectomy (don't have my medical dictionary here so that may not be the right spelling!!!). In other words, they will that the remaining tissue from around the marker they placed in my breast for precautionary measure and my ovaries will be removed for preventative measures. So I now I have the perfect excuse to be a bitch!!!! LOL oops I forget to keep this thing censored! Oh well, ya'll know me I slip up every now and again.

I will have more info on all this after I meet with all the surgeons and stuff.



As for my next treatment, it was supposed to be on Wednesday, the 6th but I'm pretty pissed right now because they changed my date to Monday the 4th. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal but I was supposed to move into my new apartment on that date. I only found out Friday afternoon so now I have to make other arrangements for help moving and even gaining possession of the apartment. I think I should be done with chemo in time but it just makes things really in convenient for me and those who normally help me out. We had a system and now that's all blown to heck! So anyone reading this that's out here with me, give me a call, especially if you have a truck!!!



So that's all I know now.

Smooches