Sucker Punch, Part III

The diagnosis: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.
Staging and Prognosis will be determined after surgery.
Meet with a plastic surgeon on July 1 to determine reconstruction options.
Surgery date will be determined at that time.

More emotions and feelings than I can really voice at this time. I will probably start a new blog for all of this. It's so totally different from all the shit I try to convey on this blog-and I really feel like I will be coexisting on two separate planes-one as ME, the other as a daughter and caregiver of My Mom, the cancer patient. I have talked about Dad's illness, but this is 180 degrees different. I'm educated and a nurse this time around. I wasn't blindsided, and I will now very much be involved in the entire process, not humongously pregnant with twins with pre-eclampsia nipping at my heels.

Thanks for the love, y'all. I appreciate it.
Really.

Sucker Punch, Part II aka "Why I Relay!"

Today, I took Mom for the followup on her mammogram. *sigh* Called me in after they repeated the scan to tell both of us she does have Breast Cancer. Dr. P is fantastic, awesome, compassionate, and just Da BOMB. She even held our hands and prayed before doing the needle biopsies. She took four samples-and Mom did great. Lidocaine is WONDER DRUG! We go back tomorrow to Dr. P's to get the site rechecked, then on to the surgeon, Dr. G. The tumor is about the size and shape of a marble, on the right breat at 9:00 position.
More to follow...
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Sucker Punch

Today is the day Mom got called back for another mammogram, an ultrasound and an exam of the right breast. For months, she has had issues with it. She went for a mammogram 3 weeks ago, but because it was four days shy of a year since her last mammogram, it was rescheduled for last week.

On Wednesday of next week, 6/18/08, she will meet Dr. Pupa in Meridian for the above-mentioned tests.

Say a prayer.

Please.

Her baby sister had a mastectomy several years ago due to breast cancer.