One Day More

My oldest, bestest friend, Beth (Mergener) Lawson, sent this to me today.  It gave me such a nice feeling to know that I have a "team".  Obviously, the pink is for Breast Cancer.  But, the lightning bolt?  That is for my love of all things Harry Potter.  Thanks Beth!

Well, good news/bad news today, I guess.  Here is what the MRI revealed:
- No additional masses on my left side (good news)
- Just the one rather large mass on my right side (bad news, but we knew that already)
- One abnormal lymph node (good-ish news - no other abnormal lymph nodes present)

We knew most of that already.  The new news:
- signs that the cancer is "interacting" with my chest wall.

Not cool.  They have not given me a staging number or letters or any of that nonsense yet, but I know that this does not bode well for that.  It has upped the anxiety levels yet again. 

So, fueled by this anxiety, Matt and I called Froedtert again and we have managed to up our appointment with a surgeon there from Friday, to tomorrow!

According to the nurse I spoke to, who was incredibly nice, down to earth, and sweet, this meeting is going to begin to answer all of my questions and help me to feel better about the situation.  I sure hope so.  I am not sure my nerves can take much more.

Where can I find some humor today?  In my daughter who has apparently teamed up with two of her friends to form the "Cancerettes".  They are writing a musical...or some kind of performance piece.  Should be interesting. 

While unsuccessfully attempting to drown out all of the obnoxious clunking noises during the MRI today, I listened to "Les Mis".  So, I will close with "One day more..."  Hopefully tomorrow will bring some answers.

Lots of love,
Kelly and Family