Thursday, November 4, 2010

More lumps and bumps

I went back to the doctor yesterday to get the results from my MRI, it showed basically what we had expected from the left breast, the area from 12 o’clock to 3 o’clock is covered, so the plan for the mastectomy of the left is still the way to go.  The news of the right breast was not all that shocking to me, there are three spots that are indicated and I am going to follow up with an ultrasound on the right today to check for fluid and increased vascularity.  With these results the doctors will decide if we need to investigate even further with a biopsy on the right.
I say go ahead and take the right also, let’s be done with this chapter of our lives, but right now we are playing the insurance game and making sure we cross all the “t’s” and dot our “I’s” so they can’t come back in six months and say that this was an elective surgery and not pay for it.  Not that any respectable insurance company would do such a thing…
My doctor is also discussing my situation with several other doctors to determine that best options for me as far as location for my surgery.  There are discussions for MD Anderson, UAB, and Emory.  There are great doctors in town but I feel like I should go ahead and go to a facility that specializes in breast cancer and does mastectomies daily. 
My spirits are still high as we continue down this road to recovery.  I would ask for everyone to please pray for my family, especially my husband and children.  This is going to be a long and stressful road and I want them to continue to gain comfort from God and know that He is always with them and that He is watching over me.
I never once, in these last few weeks, have felt scared: “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11.  God is going to use me for his glory in this situation and I pray that I touch the lives of everyone involved in this process.

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