The Roller Coaster Begins

After the initial diagnosis, there was so much to figure out. Ridgeview was great and started setting up appointments, etc. for me. But Cullen was quick to remind me how lucky we are that we live in an area with so many incredible options. After checking with a few people, the Piper Breast Center came highly recommended. We had our first appointment on March 20. From the first moment there, we knew we were in the right place. They specialize in all things breast. It’s what they do. I knew it was where we needed to be. I met the surgical oncologist, and again just clicked. She put me at ease, she made me laugh, she cracked jokes about feeling me up, she swore..we knew we were in good hands. 😉 She began by telling me that we did catch this early and I’m going to grow to be a crabby old lady. She said that it’s stage one. That felt really good to hear. I found out my tumor is pr+, er+ and her-. Those were all pretty good things to hear I guess. I’m still learning a lot of this.  

The bad news was, there were some other tiny spots, barely large enough to be detected just a bit below my original tumor. She said we needed to biopsy those to be sure of what they were..more cancer cells or calcifications. It wouldn’t change much, mostly it would decide if a lumpectomy or mastectomy was the better route for me. Even though this took a little of the sunshine out of our good news, she still felt confident that it was a margarita/enchilada kind of day, as she called it. I hadn’t really been able to eat in days, so it felt good to finally be able to relax a bit and eat. Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits were at the top of my list! We were celebrating the good news...and 11:00 seemed a little too early for a margarita! 🍹