May 2nd, 2019 Mood: Sad 😭 I burst into tears when I saw my scar from my breast to my lymph nodes tonight. I look like a patched up monster! I hate this! 😭
Dropping the Ball
April 16th, 2019 Mood: Stressed 😟 As if the last few days had not been stressful enough.... My surgery has been rescheduled to next Tuesday the 23rd. I don't feel like going through all of the ridiculousness but basically someone was supposed to call me way before today to go over the medications that I …
PET Scan & MRI Results
April 5th, 2019 Mood: Relived 😌 I have wonderful news! My PET Scan & MRI came back clear of any additional cancer! My diagnosis is still serious, but at least we know now that I do not have any sign of metastatic disease. I will still have to go through chemo after my surgery on …
Surgery Date
April 2nd, 2019 Mood: Anxious 🙄 CT scan yesterday....MRI tomorrow....I should have all of the results back by this Friday. Crossing my fingers that they are both clear other than the cancer we already know about. Good news! My surgery has finally been scheduled for Thursday, April 18th. I have never had major surgery in …
Results
February 15th, 2019 Mood: Stunned 😯 I went back to my doctor's office to review the results of my scans. "Highly suspicious of melanoma, ultrasound guided biopsy needed".... When you get news like this you don't hear anything that is said after that horrible word...melanoma. Luckily I had Matt with me so he listened to …