More Tests to Come
Bo and I drove down to Newport News today to meet with Donna, the nurse practicioner, so that she could take another look at the porta-cath site and to review last week's test results with us. Unfortunately, Dr. H. was tied up in a meeting, and Donna wasn't able to answer some of my questions about the MRI and PET/CT scan. Overall, of course, the news is very positive because the PET/CT scan didn't detect any metasteses and also didn't detect lymph node involvement. The only ambiguous finding was the suspicious area in the left breast, and Donna was going to discuss that with Dr. H. and get back to me. She called this afternoon and said that Dr. H. wants to go ahead and have biopsy done on the left side so that we know exactly what we are dealing with. Amen! Dr. H. is very thorough, and I really appreciate that about him. So, I am scheduled for my ultrasound and another biopsy next week. In the meantime, I keep adding questions to my list.
I also met with a volunteer representative, Terry, from the Look Good...Feel Better Program. (Terry is also in my networking group, and she had an experience a couple years ago with a pre-cancerous tumor in her breast.) This is a program sponsored by the American Cancer Society to help women with their appearance during chemo treatment. I received a large bag of makeup and lots of tips on how to tie scarves. Terry was doing all these little neat tricks behind her back, creating beautiful rosettes, and weaving in color coordinated scarfs among the folds. I told Terry to just plan on coming to my house each morning because I have never had scarf tying aptitude skills and doubt I will get them now. Perhaps Bo can learn... or perhaps I will just use headwear that only requires one action - place on head. I was also able to try on a variety of wigs, and I can tell you if there ever was a doubt, I was not meant to be a blonde.
I set up an appointment with a woman known as "The Hat Trader." She lives inWilliamsburg and is a breast cancer survivor. She collects hats, scarves, wigs, etc. and loans them to women undergoing chemotherapy. She and her husband depart tomorrow on a cruise to Alaska, so I won't be able to see her until a week from Friday, but I should still have hair by then. If not, my great friends, the Todisco's, sent me a NYPD cap in the mail today. It may not have rosettes, but it's got attitude!
I also met with a volunteer representative, Terry, from the Look Good...Feel Better Program. (Terry is also in my networking group, and she had an experience a couple years ago with a pre-cancerous tumor in her breast.) This is a program sponsored by the American Cancer Society to help women with their appearance during chemo treatment. I received a large bag of makeup and lots of tips on how to tie scarves. Terry was doing all these little neat tricks behind her back, creating beautiful rosettes, and weaving in color coordinated scarfs among the folds. I told Terry to just plan on coming to my house each morning because I have never had scarf tying aptitude skills and doubt I will get them now. Perhaps Bo can learn... or perhaps I will just use headwear that only requires one action - place on head. I was also able to try on a variety of wigs, and I can tell you if there ever was a doubt, I was not meant to be a blonde.
I set up an appointment with a woman known as "The Hat Trader." She lives inWilliamsburg and is a breast cancer survivor. She collects hats, scarves, wigs, etc. and loans them to women undergoing chemotherapy. She and her husband depart tomorrow on a cruise to Alaska, so I won't be able to see her until a week from Friday, but I should still have hair by then. If not, my great friends, the Todisco's, sent me a NYPD cap in the mail today. It may not have rosettes, but it's got attitude!
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