Tuesday, January 02, 2007
I am making lemonade!
Today I am making lemonade. The best stinkin' lemonade possible! I have received lemon after lemon after lemon lately & I figured it is time to make some stinkin' lemonade!
I have survived breast cancer - 7 years since my last chemo. I have been cancer free ever since - well, except for the last few months when it was once again detected.
I was very sore on one side of my chest & getting worse. Oncologist said cancer, again. BUT
the surgeon was so sure that it wasn't cancer this time (i kept telling him it was) that he only set my latest surgery as outpatient for the lump only. Well, to his surprise (not mine) it IS cancer and very aggressive too! Now I have to go back for another surgery - thank you very much.
And once again - chemo. Oh joy. I get to be bald again.
Last time, I got a little wild and got a tattoo. I had two eyes tattoo'd on the back of my bald head. Drove my husband nuts when I laid down to go to sleep (hehe). All night long he had two green eyes watching him (eye brows and all.). Now that I am to be bald once again I had to confess to my daughters about the tattoo. They laughed & laughed. Now they are trying to figure out what tattoo I should get this time. Devil horns vs fangs. NONE for me.
It was a one time deal...maybe.
I have decided to do the full surgery and just remove the breast - because I didn't want to (and was advised not to) go thru all the radiation again. My chances are better with the surgery. I need to go with the odds. I figure surgery again in a week or so & then chemo 2-3 weeks after that. Oh, goody - bald by Valentines day. Sorry babe.
My wonderful husband has been great. My kids and my family are the best support I could have. The doctors keep cutting and taking pieces of me a bit at a time, so why am I still so fat?! Oh well, another of life's mysteries!
Rant over
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest......pun intended.
PS. It also means no LP this summer for us. If someone else in the family wants the discount, let me know. I'll be glad to send it on.
I have survived breast cancer - 7 years since my last chemo. I have been cancer free ever since - well, except for the last few months when it was once again detected.
I was very sore on one side of my chest & getting worse. Oncologist said cancer, again. BUT
the surgeon was so sure that it wasn't cancer this time (i kept telling him it was) that he only set my latest surgery as outpatient for the lump only. Well, to his surprise (not mine) it IS cancer and very aggressive too! Now I have to go back for another surgery - thank you very much.
And once again - chemo. Oh joy. I get to be bald again.
Last time, I got a little wild and got a tattoo. I had two eyes tattoo'd on the back of my bald head. Drove my husband nuts when I laid down to go to sleep (hehe). All night long he had two green eyes watching him (eye brows and all.). Now that I am to be bald once again I had to confess to my daughters about the tattoo. They laughed & laughed. Now they are trying to figure out what tattoo I should get this time. Devil horns vs fangs. NONE for me.
It was a one time deal...maybe.
I have decided to do the full surgery and just remove the breast - because I didn't want to (and was advised not to) go thru all the radiation again. My chances are better with the surgery. I need to go with the odds. I figure surgery again in a week or so & then chemo 2-3 weeks after that. Oh, goody - bald by Valentines day. Sorry babe.
My wonderful husband has been great. My kids and my family are the best support I could have. The doctors keep cutting and taking pieces of me a bit at a time, so why am I still so fat?! Oh well, another of life's mysteries!
BTW, come on by for lemonade some time.
It's pretty good.
Rant over
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest......pun intended.
PS. It also means no LP this summer for us. If someone else in the family wants the discount, let me know. I'll be glad to send it on.
