On Monday there was the first of what would become a trend, strangers sticking needles into my right breast. I don't want to meet anyone new for a while.
It's amazing how that diagnosis changes everything. It's Saturday, and I am missing several lymph nodes, some parts of my right breast and am in the process of becoming a breast cancer survivor.
And I am lucky - my surgeon is known for pioneering lymph gland detection and gives really good hugs. It was exactly 5 days from biopsy to surgery. The margins of the calcifications are clear and the 2 lymph nodes that they removed - pending final pathology are not invaded.
It appears that Harley and Jack will have to wait a while more before we meet again.
Maybe I will become one of those people with the breast cancer awareness license plates and pink shirts.
Death is a given for all of us, it's a hard lesson when it becomes a personal possibility.
As soon as I am healed, I will have a catheter (yet another stranger with a needle) installed and radiation treatments given 2x daily for 5 days.
Then maybe I can get my life back.
You have already grabbed your life back, and your grace and humor will continue to carry you along. Your strength has depths you are only just beginning to discover -- count on it!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts and sympathies are with you. I agree with Sal, grace and humor are your strengths. Wishing you an easy and quick recovery.
ReplyDeleteWow - just now reading this. Been behind. So sorry to hear this I had no idea. If you need anything please let me know. Much love to you from Jack and I!
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