October 25, 2012
BOO YAH!!! Take that sucka!!!
I mean, warmest greetings to you and yours on this the 25th day of the 10th month in the two thousand and twelfth year of our Lord…
This is such a happy email to write here – we got the results back from the Radiologist today and the biopsy on the left side is BENIGN!!! BEE-NINE! (or be-ten, or be-twenty or be–sixty three I don’t care, just so long as you’re benign!!)Whatever, the point is that the left side is cancer free, the Lord came through in saying that he would take care of that side and so we are just happy. Soooo happy. Joyful you might even say. The radiologist did say, in the spirit of “CYA” that they will need to do an MRI in 6 months to confirm that they “got the right spot” and that nothing has changed. That cause some momentary discouragement because one of the biggest frustrations in this whole process is that nothing is ever concrete, black-and-white solid. It’s always about doing something in addition just in case the first line of defense fails. Radiation if you do a lumpectomy, chemo in the case of either surgery, MRI to double check the benign results in case they missed a spot…HOWEVER, we choose trust. So the MRI in 6 months will be fine. End of story.
Whoever thought that the news of no MORE cancer would be good news and cause for such relief…? Ah life….what a tricky mistress you are.
Another piece of good news is that the second half of the genetic test, the BART test ALSO came back negative! She does not have either form of this particular mutation that predisposes her to a much higher risk of cancer, which is WONderful! We do still need to wait on the results and do further testing with the little polymorphism that I mentioned in my last email, but that is ok. We chose to rejoice right now and celebrate that the Lord is faithful!
Thank you so very much for thinking of us and for praying for us…we’ve learned that there are people praying in Minnesota, Arizona, Maryland, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Florida, and Georgia to name a few of the places outside of the good ol’ NoCo which is humbling to say the least. Thank you so much for lifting my wife up to the Lord and asking for his help on our behalf…I firmly believe that it’s those prayers that gave us the results that we got today. Thank you. The packages and cards and letters and gifts and notes and efforts on your part are so appreciated and fun to come home to for us both of course but especially her. She already has a menagerie of things that are apparently coming to the hospital with us; pink ribbons, flowers, a hand-knitted prayer shawl, a damn zoo’s worth of stuffed animals…its really wonderful. I mean seriously, its still a stinkin’ hospital and it will suck to be there and she will be in a lot of pain and extremely uncomfortable at times but these gifts that we get to bring from you all already give her a measure of comfort and peace that is far beyond what I think most people experience in the hospital. So thank you. You all boggle the mind.
We have an appt with the fertility specialist at 12:30 this coming Tuesday the 30th to discuss options for harvesting eggs and things we can do to ensure that we get to grace the world with little Jeydriennes, (I mean, what a sad place it would be without ‘em) and then we have a pre-opp appointment with the surgeon and the plastic surgeon at 2:30 that day to finalize our surgery decisions with them and pick a surgery date. According to the surgeon in a phone conversation last week, the actual date of surgery usually happens within the week of the pre-op or early the next week. If that at all holds true, we are looking at surgery early late next week or early the first full week in November. I will of course keep you posted.
So for right now, we celebrate. Cancer sucks, but in the middle of it we have cause to celebrate. There is always joy to be found, and by God we will revel in that.
Prayers:
-Just say thanks.
- Surgery…that’s looming a bit more than it ever has been.
-Anxiety…as time marches, anxiety grows, sleep shrinks and this all begins to wear on a person. She is tough, more than nails, but even nails wear down eventually.
Dates:
-Tuesday the 30th…pre-op with surgeon/plastic surgeon
-Surgery date TBD, but will be soon…anyone want to start a pool on what day and time the surgery will be scheduled for? Fortunato, you’re in charge of that.
Needs
-Hmmm, pride-check. Here’s what we’ve experienced…people have been bringing meals already and it has been so nice…if you feel compelled to make an extra batch of chili or something, we will put it to good use. A lovely co-worker of Ade’s named Brenna has offered to be the admin on a website (the name of which I simply cannot produce right now, but will as soon as I hit send) on which meals can be coordinated for after the surgery. That I will unabashedly as for you help in. We will be in the hospital 1-3 nights and then will be very delicately bringing her home, where having meals prepared would be a God-send. If you are able to do that for us, we would so appreciate it. If you are not able for whatever reason, please do NOT worry about that or feel bad. We fully understand that some will be able to and some will not. Either way, I will be sending this entire distribution list to Brenna Strait who will input it into the website’s system, at which point you will get an email invite or carrier pigeon or something…
By the way, Brenna did I ever confirm with you that I want to take you up on your offer? Cause I do…
Thanks so much to each of you again, we really appreciate you and your families joining us in this our little adventure.
With love, joy and gratitude…
Jeydrienne
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