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Some Good News! The Cancer Hasn't Spread!

Yesterday, I got a call from my oncologist that made me truly happy for the first time in over 3 weeks. She told me that my MRI biopsy and ultrasound biopsy were both negative! There were suspicious lumps in my lymph nodes and one in my left breast (the primary tumor is in my right breast), so we all thought it had spread.

It hasn't spread!!

I can't help smiling every time I type that or say that. Having breast cancer is bad, having to go through chemo is bad, but knowing that the cancer is nowhere else in my body but my right breast? That's freaking wonderful!

Speaking of chemo, I'm supposed to set it up for 2 weeks from now. I was actually supposed to be starting today, but with the Covid-19 pandemic, I don't feel at all safe obliterating my immune system like that.

I would love to wait until it's completely over, but that would be both unwise and unsafe, so I'm taking it day by day, and my doctor has assured me that my immunity will not be low for too long after treatments. 

So, I await the phone call, and I will go ahead and get my head shaved, get the port placed, and get this shit show on the road.

For the first time in what feels like forever, I feel see the light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. Although, I haven't gone through chemo yet, and that may change everything about the way I feel. I just know that I'm blessed to have the support I do.






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  1. Adam DreamlinerMarch 26, 2020 at 1:07 AM

    That is really super duper ace. I was a little worried for you. All the best.

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