It all started Saturday morning October 22nd. I all of a sudden had a strange sharp pain that directed me to my right breast. I immediately felt a quite large lump. Very scared, I couldn't wait until Monday so I could call the doctor. I went and saw my primary care physician and she suggested I get a mammogram soon. I went to work on Tuesday and shared with my Attending, Dr. Jas Dillon, what I had found. She called SCCA (Seattle cancer care alliance) and I got an appointment the next day. Dan and I went to SCCA on Wednesday the 26th of October. I had a mammogram, an ultrasound and a biopsy. We left after 6 hours and I knew that I had a 95% chance that I had "breast cancer" :( I will never forget that moment. On friday the 28th I received the call with the final diagnosis "invasive ductal carcinoma"
We spent the weekend sharing the news with family and friends. As you can imagine, there were several days of a lot of sadness.
One week later on November 3rd I had and MRI which showed a few more possible lumps in the same breast.
On November 8th I had an appointment with my "team" of doctors at SCCA. They were all wonderful. They all came and talked with Dan and I together and then individually. The plan that they came up with was for me to have chemo first followed by surgery then radiation. Five months of chemo, surgery, heal for 3-4 weeks then six weeks of radiation. They suggested I have a PET/CT scan to be sure that the cancer had not metastasized. It came back negative. That was wonderful news.
The terrible stuff I had to drink before my PET/CT scan.
Today we start the journey, Kim is ready and anxious to get it done!
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't look like a Red Solo Cup...hang in there Sis! Love you so much...see you soon:)
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