THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRAYERS ON MY BEHALF. GOD LISTENS & CARES & INTERVENES WHEN WE CALL ON HIM. HE'S THERE THROUGH THE GOOD & THE BAD & DOESN'T LEAVE US HELPLESSLY FLOUNDERING. PRAYER REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
I HAD SEVERAL DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS TODAY AND GOT SOME WONDERFUL NEWS: THE REPEAT MRI I HAD DONE LAST WEEK TO CHECK TUMOR SHRINKAGE AFTER CHEMO WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR. TO QUOTE THE REPORT:"THERE HAS BEEN TOTAL RESOLUTION OF THE PREVIOUS LARGE LESION". I WENT FROM A LARGE RAPIDLY GROWING TUMOR IN FEBRUARY (6 1/2 CENTIMETERS OR 2 TO 3 INCHES WIDE) TO NO TUMOR AT ALL IN SEPTEMBER. AS A RESULT OF THIS, MY UPCOMING SURGERY WAS DOWNGRADED FROM A MASTECTOMY OR REMOVAL OF THE WHOLE BREAST TO A MUCH SHORTER & SIMPLER LUMPECTOMY OR REMOVAL OF LESS THAN A GOLF BALL SIZED AMOUNT OF TISSUE WHERE THE TUMOR USED TO BE. THIS MEANS I WON'T NEED RECONSTRUCTION OR MULTIPLE MAJOR SURGERIES, WON'T NEED THE OTHER SIDE TO BE DECREASED IN SIZE TO EVEN THINGS OUT, WON'T NEED A SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT TO FILL UP THE EMPTY SPACE ON THE BREAST THAT HAD THE TUMOR, WON'T NEED LARGE SKIN GRAFTS FROM OTHER AREAS ON MY BODY TO REBUILD A REMOVED BREAST, WON'T HAVE GIANT SCARS (JUST 2 SMALL ONES), WON'T NEED ANY DRAINS POST OP, WON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL & CAN GO HOME THE SAME DAY, WON'T HAVE A LONG SURGERY OR RECOVERY TIME, & WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RADIATION MESSING UP THE PLASTIC SURGEONS RECONSTRUCTION WORK.
I WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH 6 WEEKS OF DAILY RADIATION, THOUGH, TO KILL ANY POSSIBLE STRAY CANCER CELLS THAT MAY BE LEFT BEHIND, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY. I MADE IT THROUGH 6 MONTHS OF CHEMO AND ALL ITS UNLOVELY SIDE EFFECTS, & I'LL MAKE IT THROUGH RADIATION TOO WITH GOD'S CONTINUING HELP & MERCY. I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE HAPPY DANCE EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT THIS AFTERNOON & SO HAS EVERYONE ELSE I'VE TOLD. PTL-PTL-PTL-PTL-PTL-PTL-PTL- PRAISE THE LORD-PRAISE THE LORD-PRAISE THE LORD!!! I AM SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL. MY SURGERY DATE IS OCTOBER 27th. THEY SET ASIDE 4 OR 5 HOURS TO DO THE MASTECTOMY & TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS. BUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS NOW SHORTER & SIMPLER & DOESN'T REQUIRE COORDINATING THE BREAST SURGEON & THE PLASTIC SURGEON, THEY MAY RESCHEDULE IT TO A SOONER DATE. I'M HOPING TO BE DONE WITH RADIATION BY CHRISMAS SO WE CAN VISIT WITH THE KIDS & GRANDKIDS THAT RECENTLY MOVED TO TEXAS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM.
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