It's been a week! Haven't updated the blog for fear that anything written would be senseless.
Follow-up appointment with the plastic surgeon today was good, healing is going well. The nurse that removed those annoying drains is my hero.
I have been blessed by your notes, blessed by food (my fridge and freezer are overflowing), blessed with fresh flowers, and very blessed with quiet telephones. (Thankful that my recovery is post-election, those endless political calls made me want to permanently ditch my land line.)
Most especially, however, I have been tremendously blessed by your prayer support. We have peace. Peace for now, peace for later.
Initially, our diagnosis was DCIS (see first blog post), determined after biopsy. Additional testing was ordered (MRI) and confirmed that diagnosis. MRI results gave two more important bits of information: (1) the right breast was unaffected, and (2) there was an additional spot of concern in the affected breast.
Post-surgery pathology is giving us good news/bad news reports. The good news: lymph nodes are clear. The bad news: that additional spot of concern was an invasive cancer. The good news: that invasive cancer was removed, and with clear margins. The bad news: the previous existence of that invasive cancer means that further treatment will probably be necessary.
We'll see an oncologist next week to determine the next treatment steps, based on the full pathological report.
Prayer requests: continued healing without complications; rest; clear understanding of medical information; wisdom for oncologist for future treatment.
We've laughed this week too, but some things simply should not be shared on a blog...
"May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Hebrews 13:20-21
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