More Needles

I didn't post yesterday since it was a "normal day"...what actually is that any more?  I worked all day and came home. Gosh, I forgot what that was like!  Well today was back to the "new normal" which means work and needles it seems.

The day started with a miracle...I got up early and went to mass at OLMC.  Any of you that know me know that I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON!  I actually got myself ready for work and made it to the church by 7:45am (2 days in a row btw)!  I do get ready faster since I am trying to ignore my hair. I figured I better start getting "unattached" to it since it will be gone soon.  I am avoiding making it look nice cause it never fails...some jerk has to complement me and tell me what nice hair I have. How dare they! lol

My sweet Kendall took me in today so I could get yet another biopsy. Hey, maybe if they keep doing this they will get all this cancer crap out of me (I wish it worked that way).  Well they took 4 samples from the main tumor for the clinical trial I have signed up to participate in and then a few out of the lymph node that is kind of under my arm.  It seems that when Scripps did the initial biopsy they may have missed it.  Let me tell you, the same procedure can have very different feelings based on who does them.  I had the pleasure of having a drop dead, super model, gorgeous female doctor do my biopsies today and she had the hands of an angel.  It truly was not a big deal at all and I am certain that she deserves some sort of award for this!!!  I thanked her profusely and went on to get my ECG and echocardiogram.  We stuck a quick mammogram in there between and I even twisted the person's arm to let Kendall come in to watch so she could see what it is like.  That way she can really have something to look forward to when her boobs get older!  ;o) I am back home now doing the ice on 20 mins - ice off 20 mins thing and having a relaxing evening ahead with Joe.  

Tomorrow/Info day

So tomorrow Joe, Kendall and I will go and get the whole scoop on the chemo game plan.  I am so happy to have extra ears along to help remember it all and it will also help them to know what to expect.  I don't want them to get scared when my head spins around a few times and I projectile-barf split pea soup "Linda Blair" style after a treatment!  Good Lord, lets hope that doesn't happen!  (I apologize once again for my sick sense of humor...maybe I should just put a disclaimer on here and be done with it?)

Blessings

First one was yesterday.  As fate (or as I believe God) would have it, my fatty tumor in my kidney made my oncologist want to discuss it with another doctor.  That other doctor was none other than my guardian angel that set me up with my fabulous team of doctors.  This meant that I got a personal phone call from Chris to explain that my new little friend in my kidney is an angiomyolipoma and is nothing I need to be worrying about.  Whew!  Well that allowed me to have a wonderful talk on the phone with both him and his wife (who is one of my dear friends and survivor).  They both lifted me up so much and I felt wonderful after talking to them.  Great way to end a long day at work!

The second one was today.  As Kendall and I sat waiting for my biopsy a woman got rolled up in a wheel chair near us.  She had zero hair on her head and at first it made me quite sad.  Then she started talking to us and her beaming personality filled the room.  She happens to have the same 2 exact doctors that I do and had just recently finished up her neoadjuvant treatment (that's fancy doctor talk for when you do chemo before surgery...see how smart I am getting!).  She was literally on her way to her surgery by my surgeon.  That means I was kind of looking into my future.  That's where I will be in about 6 months and it was so uplifting to see how positive she was and hear about her journey so far.  I think I made her feel better too because it made her realize how far along in the game she already was.  I wished her good luck as she was rolled away and pumped my fist in the air saying, "Home stretch!"   It took a lot of fear from me to see her.  She may have lost her hair but she has not lost her positive attitude or her strong spirit.  Once again I know in my heart what a Gift it was today for that timing.  Kendall and I had arrived early and the receptionist sat us in the back to wait for my procedure... then to have this woman put just a few feet away from us so we could meet!  Thank you Lord for this Blessing!