So I typed and typed during my second Chemo treatment and could not get my smart phone to upload... long and short of it a lot has happened.
The Genetic testing has started and finished... Great News! The results are negative. This means that I may not have to have a Mastectomy. We still need to have a consult with the surgeon and get her recommendations before I make a decision on the surgery, but things are looking positive.
On another note. Last week I received a phone call from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute ( Where I get chemotherapy). Seems the company that makes the Neulasta shot has a grant program and will pay my co-pay for the shot. This is amazing! Before insurance this shot is $2000 or more. So I have to say I feel so lucky and blessed. Strange to say while I am battling breast cancer but true.
My hair is gone. I was warned that I would mourn its lose and probably cry but I had so much fun shaving it off I have not cried. My daughter Kira and I decided that I needed to have a mohawk, and not just a mohawk but a multi-colored mohawk. So on the day my hair really started to come out I called my friend Karen and we went from hair to gone in about 1 1/2 hours taking pictures all the way. It was a blast!
Three Chemo's down Thirteen to go!
You are so awesome! Glad some things are looking up. :)
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