Welcome my new blog. I have decided that this is the best way to keep everyone who loves me up to date on my journey while not going nuts from telling the same stories over and over again. Plus I know for me even before I had the official "You have breast cancer" phone call I was desperately searching for blogs from young women with cancer to gain knowledge and also know that I was not in this alone. If I can be that for the next young girl diagnosed then this blog has already served its purpose.
The title is from this song by The Weepies. This thing so far has felt a little like I am not moving and everything around me is moving about 10 times faster than normal. Plus it's true...I am going through this but at the same time life is constantly rushing by...my kids are growing like weeds, one sister just moved, the other is moving in the next month, we have lost family we love, I still work, laundry is still not doing itself, etc.
So here are the facts to get everyone all caught up. I have Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (3 lumps to be exact) with Lymph Node involvement (which basically means it is in my lymph nodes). I have already had a bone scan and MRI and there is no cancer anywhere else in my body (that was about the only good phone call we have received during this whole crazy 3 weeks.)
Next week we are kicking in to high gear. I am having a port implanted on Tuesday, Thursday is an echo to make sure my heart is strong enough to make it through chemo, and Friday is my first chemo session. Kyle and I were talking about how it's good that things are moving forward but I would be lying if I didn't say I was already dreading next week.
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