This is the Friday of the same week
I was told I have breast cancer. This is the afternoon that T and I get answers
or at least listen. Now if you know anything about me by now. I am a know it
all. Proud of it. I do not and I repeat do not go into anything blind. T is the
same way which is why we make a great team (most times :). So sweetie, I am
going into this with a note book of questions. I went to web md to find treatment options, I spoke to my
sister in law who is a nurse, my sorer who is a nurse, my aunt and a friend who
is a breast cancer survivor.
I had been up about 3 nights
straight studying, talking about it, dreaming about it, getting myself ready to
deal with Dr. B.
Well Yvonne had warned me that Dr. B
was straight and through. That he knew his stuff. He went over every and I mean
every scenario. From the rooter to the tooter babe.
Well she was right, T and I were
there for about 3 hrs. I almost went to sleep. Not because he was boring, I was
just tired...so stressed and overwhelmed .
He came in very polite and
professional. When he was about to speak. I stopped him. I asked to shake his
hand. He stopped and he did as I asked. You see, I am a people person, a sales
person at heart. I want to have a relationship with the man who is operating on
me. I want him to have a relationship with me, not the patient but with me,
Vickie .
Than Dr. B was off and running. He
spoke about a lumpectomy, re excision, mastectomy, reconstruction, radiation, chemo. He
provided percentages, side effects, possibilities, and probabilities. Every
question and I mean every questioned he answered before I asked.
Sharp, sharp guy. After we were
done, T and I spoke about him. We decided right than and there that he was our
surgeon. He was the one. We vibed with him and we had a good feeling about him
that he was determined to do what was best for me and would do what we needed
to be done.
T and I had a lot to think about
....do we want the lumpectomy or the mastectomy. There are pros and cons to both.
The lumpectomy will save most of
your breast, you would have to go through radiation and maybe chemo.
The mastectomy you will lose you
breast may go through radiation, may go through chemo, have choices of
reconstruction
To save or not save the TATATA
Vick the Communication Diva
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