Updates

Surgery – it went well, I think. I’ll know more tomorrow when I get the results back. I am praying that he got it all. I don’t want to go through this again. I’ve got 2 drains attached to me, which is not the most pleasant thing. I’m still sore in my arm and breast. I can only sleep on my back or somewhat on my right side, so that is uncomfortable. And I can’t shower, so I’ve been taking baths and washing my hair in the bathtub. It will be so nice to take a normal shower! I met with my oncologist and we still don’t know the chemo schedule – it’ll depend on what the results show. But we’re looking at 4-6 months of treatment. And I’ll lose my hair, which I’m trying hard not to get depressed about. Then, I’ll do 6 weeks of daily radiation. I tested positive on my FISH test. The FISH test stands for Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization. This shows if there are too many copies of the HER2 gene in the cancels. Because mine was positive, it means I have extra copies of the gene. Because of this, there is a greater chance that the cancer can come back. Because of this, I’ll have to have a treatment of Herceptin after the chemo and radiation are done. This will help stop the cancer from reoccurring – there is a 51% chance that this can happen. I’ll have a year-long treatment of this, but at least it’ll be every 3 weeks.

I don’t know when I’ll be getting the port in. I’m waiting on a call back from the oncologist’s office on that. I thought it would have been put in with this surgery, but it didn’t happen.

Work – I’m behind. I haven’t done much of anything. I need to buckle down and get these things in place. I have to finish the COBRA notices and then work on the tuition reimbursement policy. I’m worried that some of the e-mails I’ve sent haven’t gotten to where they should go. I sent one to two people at work and my Anthem rep and nothing from them.

Football – I don’t think I can go to the game on Saturday. I honestly think it’ll be too much. I hate missing a game. And having to miss 3 in a row kills me. But I just don’t think I can do it. I’ll ask the doctor tomorrow what he thinks. I just think it’ll be too much to drive down there, then spend all day out for the game, and drive back. But it sucks not to see FandJ, and Atlanta Boy. I get the impression that D really doesn’t want me to come down there, so that bothers me as well. I don’t know if it’s a carryover from the crap last year or what.

Friends – I’ve heard from most of them. Except B. Nothing from her. I know her mom is going through things, but I thought I was supposed to be a good friend. I haven’t heard from her in a week. And I even told her my surgery was last week. Still nothing. I’m at the point where I don’t even want to invite her to things anymore. I’m still waiting for her to tell me she went with BandM to the Buffett concert. You know – the one that she wasn’t going to because it was her anniversary. But she went anyway. After she told me she couldn’t go. I hate when she does that. And it happens more often than naught.