So after changing my mind multiple times and having the surgical coordinator at my doctor's office take me off the operating schedule only to then ask her to put me back on, we finally decided once and for all that we would not proceed with the surgery to remove the thick tissue from my right breast. My pre-surgical mammogram came out all clear and our plastic surgeon agreed that the thickening is most likely scar tissue and will just return if we cut it out. Neither D nor I ever felt 100% comfortable doing the surgery so we have decided to skip it and just continue to follow my schedule of regular mammograms, MRIs, sonograms and doctor visits. I am much more comfortable with this plan.
Meanwhile, I have a follow-up scheduled with my oncologist for next week. I recently spoke to her on the phone and told her about the ovarian cyst I had removed and how I was recently told that I have another, this time smaller (3 cm) cyst that we are keeping an eye on. I asked her if it is possible that the Tamoxifen is causing these cysts that I never before had a problem with. She said it is certainly not impossible as the drug is messing with my hormones. But how many more of these cysts I can look forward to? No one knows.
I always knew 30 would be a big year for me...I just never imagined breast cancer would be the reason.
How I came to this blog
For as long as I can remember I had been so excited about my 30th birthday. It was going to be a big year for me, I could feel it. I had no idea a breast cancer diagnosis would turn out to be the reason. I was actually told I had "early breast cancer" at 29, about three weeks before my 30th birthday. What I had is called Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), which is also considered "stage 0 breast cancer." While it was caught at the earliest possible stage, and my life was never in immediate danger, I still had to undergo mastectomy, including lymph node removal, and reconstruction. My birthday came and went a couple weeks before my mastectomy. More than once I looked down at the "F 30" on my hospital bracelet and wondered, "where did my 30th birthday go?" This will definitely be an interesting year.
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