December 1, 2014 - A Good Report!

Tony and I went to see Dr. Schwartzberg at the West Clinic today.  They are doing more tests, including the Oncotype,  to decide if I will need chemo.   We will find out the plan on Dec 18th.  Dr. Schwartzberg  says I will definitely be on a pill (but not necessarily tamoxifen) for five years, but he feels like there is less than a 50% chance that I will need chemo. That sounds incredible!  

We also talked about recovery from my surgery - I have been on a bit of a roller coaster of feeling good and then not feeling good the past several days.   He said it takes at least a month to recover from this surgery - that I will have some good days and some bad, but the farther out I get, the good days will keep gaining on the bad.  He said to remember that I am healing, making progress, and that makes sense!  Tomorrow I go back to the plastic surgeon, the goal is that I will have my final reconstruction surgery in 3-4 months. 

Thank you so much to everyone for your prayers and encouragement. We are very blessed. And we also found out today that we will meet Baby Graham, Kelli and John's new baby, on Dec. 22. I can't think of a better Christmas gift!

"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing." (James 1:2-4 NLT)