After feeling completely sick to my stomach and being an emotional wreck for most of the day, meeting Dr. L, a surgeon at Randolph Hospital, made it all go away! This was my first appointment after being told I had breast cancer! I would now get the chance to ask my questions and hopefully find out more.
Clinically (based on my mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy) they say I have stage 2-B breast cancer in my right girl and my lymph nodes are involved. Don't ask me much about what that means, as my "breast cancer dictionary" is my friend and though I am happy to look it up for you, we are still learning all the lingo. I'll be honest, in my mind, I know there are four stages and mine was a two, so I'll take it!
Dr. L shared with us several possible plans, but until they had my hormone receptors back from the pathologist and they had a tumor conference about me, it was too soon to make a plan of attack.
At the end of the day Friday, I could only feel thankful! I was a wreck that morning and if I hadn't had that appointment, I would have been a wreck ALL WEEKEND! I asked my questions, found out a few more answers, and was happy to have my first ever appointment with a surgeon behind me.
Afterwards, we had a wonderful fun Friday at the Inman's and I was given my first bag of "pink goodies! A scarf, a t-shirt "Big or Small, Let's save them ALL," and a pink ribbon flag for my front steps! I LOVED it because we are embracing the pink and supporting breast cancer research in any way we can!
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