Hurry up and wait

We have been busy meeting with Mom's doctors. It seems like the more doctors we go to there is always one more we have to see. We all anxious to get this cancer out of there!!!! We met with her Oncologist (Dr. Robyn Young) last Thursday and found out that the cancer on the left side is not "contained" like the one on the right. This means that this cancer does have the ability to spread to other parts of the body therefore when she has surgery they will be removing the sentinal lymph node and doing a biopsy on that. Armed with loads of information Mom had to make the choice of a bilateral mastectomy or the lumpectomy with radiation. We were then referred back to the surgeon for those arrangements.

We met with her surgeon (Dr. Amy Gunter) yesterday. Mom has decided to have the double mastectomy so we discussed the surgery and recovery time. Dr. Gunter will be on vacation the surgery will be at least another week and a half away. As I said we are all anxious to get this horrible thing out of mom's body...the wait is frustrating. But in the mean time....she has to visit another doctor.

We will be meeting with a plastic surgeon in Fort Worth (Dr. Reeves) to discuss the reconstruction procedures sometime in the next week.

I am very happy to say that dad is feeling wonderful after his surgery. He has a "pep in his step" that we haven't seen in a long time. They told Aarilyn that his gall bladder was the worst they have seen and that he must have been in pain from it for a long time. He has not had much back pain since the surgery so maybe that pain he has had for so long was just that darn gall bladder. It is amazing how your body can fool you sometimes!