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Friday, November 30, 2012

Here we go again

Oh boy. I thought I was done with this blog. But no. Here we go again. What we know: The Breast Cancer is back. It is in my lungs, lymph node, ribs, collar bone, tail bone and vertebrae. Ugh. I will start chemo this Tuesday and in the afternoon get a brain MRI to make sure there is no cancer there. I will do three rounds of chemo and then get a PET scan to make sure the chemo is shrinking the Cancer. Also, at this point we will deal with my ovaries. Either remove them or get a shot that will stop me from producing estrogen. There might be three more rounds of Chemo after this.

GOOD NEWS: This is treatable and I don't have any symptoms. I am lucky that my doctor ordered the MRI in the first place!  Also,  Kelly and I can still go on our planned trip to Mexico in 2 weeks!  The doc even said to drink a lot.  doctors orders!

I am terrified and shocked. I am not at the hopeful stage or the fighting stage yet. I am sure I will get there but just not right now.

The support from everyone has been so amazing. I truly appreciate it and feel so blessed. Thank you.