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I talked about my GF’s cancer and how it was beginning to spread. We got some good news today from her new doctor though! The second lump they found in the right breast is what he called a ‘stress tumor’ I’d never heard of that, but there ya go. Lots of stuff I never heard of before. Anyway, he says that’s nothing and he can take it out.
The big one though - the lump in her left breast, is why she was on chemo treatments. The doctor says he can probably get this out too, although she’ll be somewhat smaller in the bra department on that size. I don’t know when she’s going in to have this done (I didn’t think to ask, I’ll have to call her back).
Yay! Good news though, they can take the tumor out!
::does a happy dance, complete with clicking heels::
Second - I just spoke to her about an appointment, she hasn’t made it yet, they are going to call her later today. And apparently, the “smaller in the bra department” are her concerns, the doctor never said that.
“Not Now… I’m Having a No Hair Day : : Humor & Healing for People With Cancer” by Christine Clifford, Jack Lindstrom (Illustrator)
The author dealt with breast cancer, surgery and chemo/radioation therapy. This book helped me through my rough time (lots of cartoons and lots of humor when I needed it). I highly recommend it.
The appointment to take the smaller tumor out is tomorrow at noon. The doctor expects this to be no problem at all and has scheduled her for out-patient surgery. He’s going to want to put her out for the larger tumor (theone that’s been spreading) in her left breast, so no news on when that’s gonna happen yet.
Tell her not to worry about being “somewhat smaller in the bra department on that side”. What is important is that she gets healthy again. What’s a little bit of flesh compared to extending your time on earth?
Anyway, give her a hug for me and tell her to stay strong!
Yippee! As the daughter and grand-daughter of breast-cancer survivors, I take that as really great news. Mom and Grandmother both had double radical mastectomies. But in the few years between my Mom’s surger and my step-mom’s surgeries, the lumpectomy/radiation treatment has gotten much more common so my step-mom had it easier than Mom. And hopefully, if my time for this should come (and it’s quite likely that it will, ya know) maybe they’ll have even better treatments available. Don’t know, tho, Mom was about my age when she found her first lumps and about 47 when one of them turned out to be cancerous. I’m 34 now and looking forward (?) to my first mammogram next year, because of the family history.
Well I want to post my well wishes for Honesty anyway. As you know I just recently had a scare with a lump, myself. Thankfully it turned out to be nothing, but I’m in a high risk group because my mother passed away from breast cancer. Having been there with my mother, I know what Honesty is going through right now and how she’ll worry for the rest of her life. I’ll say a prayer that the surgeries will be successful and she’ll have a full recovery.
Great CF! That is good news indeed. Our prayers are with you and your GF for future rapid recovery!