Friday, Nov 6, 2009

Well, had my breast tissue biopsy on Wednesday. Hoping for a report from the path lab for
today, but it didn't happen. Got to see my "wonderful" oncologist today. The first thing she said
to me was that she was mad as hell that my cancer had returned. How many doctors today really take the time and care so much? My oncologist is part of the MCV Massey Cancer Center and as far as I'm concerned "TOPS" in her league. Anyway, since we did not have a result from the breast tissue biopsy, we preceded to look at my PET scan where the three bright spots on the scan show that I have two cancers inside of my liver and one on the pubic bone. After 4 years of surviving stage IIIb breast cancer with a lumpectomy and removal of 19 lymph nodes,
it has returned! Now, whether it is a recurrence of the breast cancer at this time is not known.
What's next step? Bone scan my friends. This will help determine maybe what type of cancer is in the bone without having to do a liver biopsy hopefully. Who knows? Next step - 5-10 treatments of radiation followed with 2-3 months of chemo. Then, another PET scan. If that shows that the cancers have not shrunk, then we will start over again...chemo then radiation. My entire family and I have a long road ahead of us and I'm sure that there will be a lot of friends with us on that long road. At this time, the oncologist is saying that the bone cancer is treatable. I know that I will continue to fight with everyone's prayers and well wishes. I so appreciate everyone's love, prayers and concern. I will continue to update my blog as I find out more about my treatments as so many people have called, written and prayed.