MORE GOOD NEWS!

SUNDAY MAY 15th: MADE IT TO CHURCH TODAY & I'M SO GLAD I DID, BUT WAS TOTALLY WIPED OUT BY THE END. IT IS ALWAYS SO COOL TO FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THERE & BE BLESSED. WE GOT A BITE TO EAT AFTERWARDS WHICH ONLY INVOLVED SITTING & CHEWING ON MY PART. I FIGURED I COULD MANAGE THAT MUCH. I REVIVED SLIGHTLY AFTER EATING, SO I MADE ARTIE GO INTO MICHAEL'S CRAFT STORE WITH ME BECAUSE I STILL DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OOMPH. I LEANED ON A CART & WALKED REALLY REALLY SLOW WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO MY HUSBANDS PATIENCE. HE STEPPED OUT TO THE SIDEWALK WHILE I WAS PAYING FOR MY 6 PIECES OF SCRAPBOOKING PAPER, BUT I THINK THAT WAS AN ERROR IN JUDEMENT ON HIS PART. I HAD NO JUDGEMENT ACTIVELY WORKING DUE TO MY CHEMO BRAIN, SO PAID WITH CASH INSTEAD OF PAYING WITH THE MICHAEL'S GIFT CARD ARTIE HAD GIVEN ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY THAT I HAD INTENDED TO USE. TOTALLY FORGOT I HAD IT. OOPS! AFTER THAT, HE EVEN FOUGHT HIS WAY INTO COSTCO, WHICH WAS NEARBY, ON A BUSY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, TO GET ME A CHOCOLATE FROZEN YOGURT.  I MAY NOT HAVE NEEDED IT, BUT IT SURE TASTED GOOD ON THE DRIVE HOME TO HANFORD. WHAT A GUY!

MONDAY MAY 16th: I FELT A LITTLE BETTER TODAY. NOT QUITE SO EXHAUSTED. I GOT A CALL FROM DR MARGARET HADCOCK'S OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.  SHE  WILL BE MY SURGEON FOR MASTECTOMY WHEN THE CHEMO IS DONE. I REALLY REALLY LIKE HER & TRUST HER JUDGEMENT. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT HER FROM OTHER SOURCES. SHE WAS SO KIND & CARING & SUPPORTIVE WHEN I MET HER BERFORE & LET ME BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR MY CARE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. HER COORDINATOR CALLED TO KEEP TRACK OF WHEN MY CHEMO IS THROUGH SINCE I HAVEN'T EXACTLY FOLLOWED A NORMAL TIMETABLE FOR TREATMENT , WHEN I SEE THE PLASTIC SURGEON, ETC, TO KEEP EVERYTHING UP TO DATE & COORDINATED. I ASKED HER IF THEY EVER DO RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY AT THE SAME TIME AS MASTECTOMY AND SHE STATED MOST DEFINITELY SO. I'LL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MRI TO CHECK FOR SPREAD, BUT THAT IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY IF I DO NOT NEED RADIATION AFTER. THEY'LL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ME & I'LL DO WHAT GOD & MY DOCTORS SAY I NEED TO DO. I WAS GREATLY ENCOURAGED, THOUGH BY THE POSSIBILITY THAT ALL THE SURGERY COULD BE GOTTEN OVER WITH AT ONCE WITH ONLY ONE RECOVERY TIME FROM MAJOR SURGERY. PTL!