Bad Cancer Cells, Naughty Cells
I got the phone call from my doctor today with the biopsy results. I have “grade 2 infiltrating ductal carcinoma with high grade in si tu.” Essentially I have naughty cancer cells, that are attacking their neighbors, but not the worst of the lot. The video I received from Huntsman essentially told me with these results that I am guaranteed to have chemotherapy, and radiation is yet to be determined based on the surgery I...
Huntsman Here I Come!
The good news I got this morning is that Huntsman Cancer Institute will take me and they are covered by my insurance. They are obtaining my results and samples from the biopsy and should have a lot of information for us next Thursday the 13th. This will be the “surgery consult” meeting where I find out what surgery I am having and when..
Fixing up a Bathroom
We have a bathroom that has been prepped to finish remodeling, it has sat unfinished for over a year. It happens to be the bathroom closest to our bedroom (these fancy old houses in South Salt Lake, Utah don’t come with one of those “master bathroom” thing-a-ma-gigs) and late last night I realized that I think I would really like to complete that bathroom in preparation for what is coming.I figured I can set this one...
Quiet Time
Now that my birthday party was over we decided to go ahead and start telling some of our friends about the cancer. Mike was kind enough to take on this task, as just telling people is hard for me and brings up all of the emotions that I have been trying to keep under control. I am feeling a little better today now that we have a moment to relax. The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of activity, but more than anything I am...
I Got Breast Cancer for my 31st Birthday
Maybe scheduling the appointment the day before my birthday wasn’t a good idea, but it was the soonest that the hospital could get me in. We are trying to find the energy to inform everyone but find that it just gets us worked up more and at the moment we are just trying to think about it a little less. We had a big birthday party with close friends planned for this evening, so the preparations should hopefully keep us busy. I started...