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Good evening friends,

I'm not feeling too great so I considered not posting tonight, but HERE I AM! Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the day I found my lump. 731 days (there's an extra day because we had leap day this year!) and here I am. I will be acknowledging some additional milestones in pretty rapid succession. Things happened pretty quickly. Next up will be my diagnosaversary and the 2nd birthday of this blog.

So much has happened over the past two years and, looking back now, it has flown by. It seems like yesterday. I remember the early days very vividly. We'll revisit those days over the next couple of weeks but I want to say something to everyone who reads this. Here goes...

I wish that I could say that I'm the only person I know who was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 40s. I can name 4 other women right off the top of my head. Please, please, please do your monthly self exams. Please, please, please get your mammograms. Please, please, please do not follow the guidelines that say you can wait until 50 to start getting annual mammograms. Talk to your doctor, take control of your own health and care. Really!

I know things have been a little more serious than normal on here recently - certainly more clinical. Well, that ends today. Today, my friend Deadpool would like to share a message with all the ladies out there. Guys, feel free to share this with the ladies in your life.  This just might save someones life!

Love to all,
Andee

I'm waiting

If you follow along on Facebook, you know that I received the results of my CT scan. I have not yet, however, spoken with my surgeon to find out what the findings mean (if anything) about the preferred procedure.  The good news is that they didn't mention that they saw anything out of the ordinary. Scans always bring on a bit of anxiety because you never know what they are going to see. I prayed for no surprises and so far, so good. The report indicated that organs looked normal, my heart looked normal and "grossly unremarkable". Nice.  There we comments on various arteries but I was looking for information on one artery. The one that needs to be FABULOUS for the surgery to be successful. The report states that the artery is open (that's good), appears normal (still good) but is of "small caliber" (maybe not so good).  Since I haven't spoken with my surgeon yet, I'm not sure if that is bad news and if it can/will impact the surgical plan. I'm fine with an artery of small caliber if it can maintain the necessary blood flow to the muscle when it's relocated. That's kind of important. I will be calling the surgeon's office tomorrow and I'm pretty sure there will be a follow up appointment. I will keep you posted.  I'm eager to hear the results because I'm not terribly excited about the possibility that the 20+ hour surgery might be my only option.  I'm not making any decisions until I have the word from the doc.
As always, I will keep you posted!

Love to all,
Andee