This is the view from the front porch of my engineer's parents' home in NJ. They built their cozy house there when they first got married 53 years ago. I can understand why his dad missed it so while he was stuck in a hospital bed for 2 months this summer.Okay, I was going to write a more detailed post about the last few days, but I just have too much bad news to cope with right now, so this is going to be blunt, and I will revisit the fun parts later (and there are fun bits, really).
So my brother-in-law was found wandering in the street at 1am this weekend, not a phone call you ever want to get about your spouse, much less from the police in the middle of the night. I decided this was not a good weekend to visit for my annual birthday cake.
My biopsy results came back, and they were not good: early stage invasive cancer. I will be meeting a specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering for a lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy (don't do a google search -- trust me on this) as soon as my doctor can push through the paperwork, so hopefully within 2 weeks.
At least they caught it early and the original sonogram (after the mammography) of the nearest lymph node looked clear, so everything should turn out okay, but I am still shocked and weepy.
Okay. That's it. Waiting for my engineer to come over so I can curl into a little ball.
Everything WILL turn out ok. It's horrible you have to go through this, but I am here for you, and I can pretty much promise you that it's going to be ok. The "early" part is key, and I know more than a few women who have gone on to lead cancer free lives.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jack. I know "all signs point to yes" as our favorite Magic 8 ball would say, but it still shook me. I am feeling more positive today, although I didn't sleep so well.
ReplyDeleteBesides, as we know from Marci, MSKCC kicks a**.
Understood. By the way, my s-i-l said you can email her if you want to talk to someone who's been through it - she remembers very well what it was like to get that news, and is totally willing to talk if you need to. Lemme know.
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