Big Appointment Day

The nerves are setting in. Tomorrow is a pretty big appointment day. I meet for the first time with my medical oncologist, Dr. Bloom. He will be my guy from here on out. He comes very highly recommended, and from what I’ve found, I feel like I will be in great hands. Before this cancer world, I didn’t realize the difference. Dr. Rueth was my surgical oncologist. Her job is to remove the cancer surgically. I also have an appointment with her tomorrow to talk about how surgery went and how I’m recovering. Then Dr. Bloom is the medical oncologist. He is in charge of treating it medically. I am hoping and praying with all that I have that I will not need chemo, and will be able to go forward with hormone therapy. The type of cancer I have seems to be a great fit for this type of treatment, so I’m praying that’s all I will need. It sounds like there will be another test needed to be run from the pathology from surgery to determine this exactly, and I’m hoping they will have those results tomorrow. I’m about as nervous for this appointment as I was for surgery.

This afternoon I’m off to meet with a physical therapist to get exercises to do that will hopefully help prevent any lymphedema, that is can often be a side effect of this surgery. On Friday, I go back in to the plastic surgery and could possibly get the first injections into the tissue expanders. It’s all such a process with so many appointments. Again, so thankful for all of the support we have in family and friends to help with these appointments, helping to get our kids where they need to be, etc. Also, just need to say a huge thank you to all of you that have dropped off meals. It has been such a gift to not have to worry about that, and to be able to sit and enjoy meals with my family. Again, all the cards and gifts that have come as well, I just don’t have enough thanks to explain how much your kind words and thoughts of support mean and how mucb they help. Thank you.

So for today, please say some bold prayers that my appointment goes well tomorrow, and that we get the news we’re so hoping for, that chemo won’t be needed on this journey. If I have to, I’ll get through it, I know that. But I’m  hoping and praying that it won’t be necessary.