Well, here we are in March. My how time flies when you're not having fun! I am starting this blog so I can stop with the depressing emails. This way, you can check out what is going on with me when its a good time for you, or if you want to.
Also, I especially want to thank everyone who is praying or sending positive thoughts. You are what get me through each and every day. Your support is very much appreciated and I can't tell you how much it means to me.
Anyhoo, the story so far....
I had found a lump in October, and of course assumed it was the usual cyst formation. I did go see the Dr and get a referral for a mammogram at the beginning of November. No appointments available until January 15! Oh well, it is just a cyst. And besides I don't have a huge amount of time to think about this.
By the end of November I realized that this likely was no cyst but in typical Jody fashion didn't really get past that thought. Certainly didn't give a moment's thought to what might have to happen if it wasn't.
Mammogram day loomed closer and I began to panic. Jodi thought I was being too pessismistic, but if you know something is not right with your body you really need to pay attention to it. Well, on the day,the mammogram failed to pick up the mass, it was found on the ultrasound. So anyone who is reading this should make sure they ask for the ultrasound as well, just a suggestion. Since being diagnosed this is something I've heard from several others, so its not just me.
They did a biopsy that day and that began likely the longest 10 days of this year so far! Finally, on January 23 I had a call from my GP that the results were in. I went to see him and heard him say (barely I might add) what I had known for a while. He was so upset, I have seen this Dr for a number of years although not so often in the past 10 years, but he knows my Mom and my sister so we definitly have a long standing relationship. He had booked me in with a surgeon that he felt was the best to be had in Edmonton. And so the dance began....
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