My Journey Fighting Breast Cancer

So I am trying out this new blogger in my gmail!  I might actually be able to do it properly!  Well it has been a whirlwind of activity at my house since my last posting!  My daughter Nicole is here with her 4 sweet children, and they have all been taking good care of me these last two weeks!  We had a baptism, a wedding and a princess party all in one weekend!  It was a lot of fun! The first thing I want to say is how much I love my Doctors at Compass Oncology.  They are an all inclusive team of Oncologists, Surgeons, Nurses, and Medical Assistants who are very helpful and very kind, they make you feel like you are their only patient!!  The saddest thing is that I am not their only patient and the amount of people being treated for all kinds of cancer is overwhelming to me. Here's a short list of all the side affects of chemotherapy:  nausea, heartburn, pain in your bones, hair loss, fatigue, constipation, sore mouth, and metallic tastes in...

Hi!   This is my new blog! And I’m very new at blogging!!  But I wanted to share with my family and my friends my journey with breast cancer, Round Two!  Four and and half years ago I was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma, estrogen and progestin positive, grade 1 breast cancer. My loving husband and I both decided to have a bi-lateral mastectomy. Because my tumor was so small I didn’t need chemo or radiation. I did have reconstructive surgery and I’m very happy with my new “boobs”!  I also felt very certain that this was going to be a “One and Done” thing and I never thought I would have a recurrence. Surprise #1 -  I found a lump under my right arm while shaving one morning 😕I immediately made a Dr appointment! (Never Wait Ladies!) Surprise #2 -  After a biopsy two days later the radiologist called and said my lump is positively cancer!! 😳 Surprise #3 -  My wonderful oncologist, Dr Zinke explained that my cancer is still breast c...