Tallahassee

          Today we drive 4 hours to Tallahassee for my sons first of many graduate school auditions. Came up the day before since he had a lesson with the professor. Helps also since we are reporting at 8 am for registration and warming up. He will be having auditions every single Saturday through March. So stressful for all of us especially him. 

       My daughter in law and I checked out a couple Walmart’s for The Pioneer Woman items. She did find me a printed duster on sale. Not anything new or different from the local store. Tried to see about fabric being discounted like another lady posted, but not here in Florida. This town or should I say city is busy and full. Even had two chic fil a across from each other on the same road. The amount of liquor stores and smoke shops is ridiculous. To many for a college area. 

   I have radiation appt for consult to learn what I will be doing. I am almost healed from surgery. Still have lots of swelling but half of the swelling is down. I have ice in my bra 24/7, taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen ever 4 hours. Really hoping the rest will go down before radiation starts.   

       

       

Surgery

January 6, 2022 was surgery day. The breast cancer turned out to be bigger then they thought but clean margins. I am two weeks out and still having a lot of discomfort and swelling. Living with ice on and taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen every 4 hours. 

Radiation will begin in a couple weeks. 

Meantime, looking to travel some with my son as he auditions for graduate school. The first audition is next Saturday then every Saturday through March. 

 

6 years NED and now breast

   September 24 was my 6 year anniversary of no evidence of my stage 4 colon cancer. Been becoming less anxious feeling as each scan returns. 

   I was over due for my mammogram thanks to covid. As with everything Gods timing is the perfect timing. In December they found breast cancer. January 6th it was removed with two lymph nodes. Waiting now for more pathology reports on the cancer it’s self. In a couple more weeks I will be starting radiation everyday for 4 weeks. 

  It was extremely hard and kicked me into major anxiety having the same exact words being said to me that I heard sept 2012. Matter of fact I am stage 1 T1 the exact same. I had to stop them and say stop saying how lucky. What I know is cancer never does what they think it will. So in 9 months when I am still clean then tell me I am lucky.

The doctor tells me not the same beast this time. Well may not be but it is cancer and science doesn’t fully understand it yet. (Then they wonder why I won’t trust the covid vaccine) tell me to trust science that is so funny after having them tell me no rhyme or reason I became stage 4 and science blah blah. 

   Enough of that because Lord is in charge and he took care of me once again. Cancer was 8mm, clean borders and no lymph nodes involved. 

   Please keep me in your prayers each day for the next couple months. I am very sore today 2 weeks after surgery see dr Friday to make sure all is good. Will update as I take this journey.