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It was one year ago today that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It seems like WAY longer than a year ago. And it still feels a little surreal, even after the fact. When the nurse called and told me my doctor wanted to see me, I knew. They don’t make an appointment just to tell [...] This is a rather significant anniversary week for me. A year ago on Tuesday the lump in my breast was discovered. (I didn’t start blogging about it until May, when it was officially diagnosed, but it was a year ago I learned I might have cancer.) A year ago tomorrow I lost my job of [...] 1. I saw my cancer surgeon today and she said I still appear to be cancer free, based on the mammogram and a feel. I have to go for an MRI next month to confirm, and I’m supposed to check in with both oncologists in the next six weeks, but things are looking good. 2. Those [...] I don’t know what’s going on, but lately I’ve been completely addle-brained about doctors appointments. Everyone misses an appointment now and again, but I’ve missed four in a row – two with the breast cancer surgeon and two with the oncologist. These are just routine follow-up appointments to make sure the cancer hasn’t come back. It’s [...] It’s been a funny sort of week. The weather is glorious and everybody else seems to be feeling the weight of winter being lifted from their shoulders. People look lighter and happier. Not me. I’ve been feeling unusually stressed out and a little depressed the past few weeks. A bunch of things are weighing [...] I spent two hours and ten minutes at the gynecologist’s office yesterday. Most of that time was spent alone, half-naked in an examining room, with nothing to read but quit-smoking pamphlets and osteoporosis posters. I entertained myself by making deals with myself like “If nobody comes back into this room by 1:15, I swear I’m [...] January: My blog was resurrected after a near death experience with an ill-fated WordPress upgrade. I got approached by a stranger and asked if I was Duncan’s owner. I wrote three real letters, with paper and ink and stamps and everything. I sold a piece of art to a mysterious dark-haired stranger. Everybody at work [...] Tomorrow I plan to do my full Year in Review post. But for now, here’s the Readers Digest Condensed Version: In 2009 I had two mammograms, three breast ultrasounds, a pelvic ultrasound, an abdominal ultrasound, a bone scan, two biopsies, six MRIs, one radiation set-up, 18 radiation treatments, three pre-ops, three operations, three post-ops, 10 [...] Good news! Karen’s homeless cat friend has found a home in the country where he has the run of the barn and the house! His new staff includes a Burmese Mountain Dog and some chickens. Life probably doesn’t get much better than that.
Barkley Speaking of Burmese Mountain Dogs, I met the cutest puppy ever this [...] Yesterday afternoon I got a call from my breast cancer surgeon. That MRI I had last Friday night? It found something. I’ve got a new lump in my right breast. It’s very small, it might not be cancer, it might just be scar tissue, but it’s in a completely different area of my breast than the [...] |
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