Joining the Club

These past few weeks have been filled with all of the tests. CT scan, PET scan, and a brain MRI. I've never been anxious for tests before but this time around is quite different! Thankfully I was able to have Dan with me at all of my scans. He sat with me while I drank the contrast and was able to talk me through all of my thoughts and feelings. I wish there was a sedative for those things! Waiting for the results may have been worse than the testing though. Because of Dan's persistence my doctor marked stat on all of my tests. They results all came back either same day or early next day. Dan really knows how to get things done! All of the results came back better than we could have asked for! CT Scan: No tumors PET Scan: No tumors Brain MRI: No tumors No additional tumors!!! All of my vital organs are safe right now! We are so grateful! Moving forward the focus is going to be targeting the HER2 protein. It is aggressive! In less than a year's time it created quite a mess i...

Our summers are usually filled with trips to the lake house at Lake Roosevelt. My kids look forward to tubing behind the boat, playing in the sand, and s'mores at night. We didn't want this year to be any different so my kids were able to spend a week with my family enjoying all the lake has to offer. Dan and I made a few trips to the lake since I had to come home for some of my appointments. I am so thankful to my family for taking care of my kids so they can continue to enjoy their summer and have some level of normalcy. They are so loved! Dance party on the pontoon So proud of Jackson for trying this! No fear in this little girl!

 Our kids have been so well taken care of. They have been able to stay with family and friends while I was home healing. I'm not sure they're going to want to come home after all the fun they've been having. Nothing beats some Oma snuggles Tenley was in heaven with all of the animals! Exploring the property with Oma, Opa, & Opie Will's dream coming true Poor girl fell off the bed and hit her lip on the nightstand.

I feel like Dan deserves his own post. We are lucky that he has been able to take work off as long as he needs as we navigate my new diagnosis. I say "we" because this is definitely a family journey. Dan is my point of contact for all of my scheduling, doctor calls to review results, etc. He is researching every supplement, diet, and additional treatment to make sure we get ahead of this. He, quite literally, has not left my side since I came home from my obgyn's office. Since my surgery I have not made one meal. He has researched the most nutrient dense food that I need, prepared all of my meals, and cleaned to top it off! He checks in with me regularly to see how I'm doing physically and emotionally. I keep a lot of thoughts in my head so he's always trying to figure out what I'm feeling. He is determined to keep me here as long as he can and will spare no expense.  In more ways than one, he is trying to take whatever burden he can from me. Dan is consumed w...

Metastatic Breast Cancer. I'm still processing. What does this mean? How did this happen? What does this mean for the rest of my life? I'm creating this blog as a way for me to process. It will be scattered but that's how I'm functioning these days. For now this blog is public but I may change that. I may be doing that so I don't have to retell this past month or maybe my experience is relatable to someone that can help me through this. Either way, I know I need to do this right now. During the better part of July I started having pelvic pain. It was like a constant cramp or contraction that never went away. After meeting with my oncology surgeon for a routine check-up (Wednesday) I shared what I was experiencing. The next day (Thursday) I met with a nurse at my OBGYN office, had an in-office ultrasound, and walked out with the business card for a gynecologic cancer surgeon. On the ultrasound they found a "suspicious" tumor on my ovary along with fluid bet...