Well my hope of not having chemo at all is fizzling out. I had my follow-up appointment with the Surgical Oncologist this morning and she informed us that the pathology/grade etc. of my tumor and the results of the Oncotype test does indicate I'd benefit from doing chemo in addition to the hormone treatment (Tamoxifen). … Continue reading FFFFFFFF! →

Many have been asking "what's next in your treatment plan?" Well, the answer now is I'm not 100% sure but will find out tomorrow morning at my follow up apt with cancer surgeon. I do know that there's hormone therapy in my future at some point. I know there was a final lab test (Oncotype … Continue reading What’s next? →

Our "Best Christmas Ever" is over and I'm shedding my first tears of the day. Happy tears, sad tears, funny tears, grateful tears. The #SNL "Best Christmas Ever" skit with Matt Damon a couple weeks ago was perfect in every way! The chaos, arguing, kid fighting, crying, laughing and end of evening glass (bottle) of … Continue reading Merry Christmas! →

This morning I had to head to see the surgeon to check on my abdomen incision. A section of it isn't healing too fab so it needed checked out. I'll need to do some wound management the next few weeks, but there's no infection so all is well. Actually, all is FANTABULOUS because he also … Continue reading Happy Early Christmas! →