Prepping for Surgery

It’s been five weeks since my last chemo treatment.  I was so glad to say good-bye to one chapter in this process!  It really was horrible, and I’m so glad it’s over.  The only thing I miss about the entire process is seeing my sweet nurse Jill (who happened to be battling breast cancer, and undergoing chemo, while caring for me).

Still to this day I’m dealing with some side effects from chemo.  My biggest one is edema. I can’t stand for long periods of time without my legs and ankle getting swollen. Since it’s been so hot I'm swelling a lot quicker and a lot more which is no fun.

My oncologist wants me to have an MRI to revisit what the scan showed from April.  Back in April there were a couple of spots on my adrenal glands that looked suspicious but not cancerous at the time.  He wants to look at those again and make sure that it didn’t grow into cancer over the past several months. Tomorrow morning I will go in for yet another MRI.

The lyric that keeps coming up in my head is by Chris Tomlin:

I know who goes before me

I know who stands behind

The God of angel armies 

Is always by my side

On a positive note I am thankful that I had a 2 week break at the end of August with no scans, blood work, doctor appointments, etc.  My doctor wasn’t so happy but I needed a break to feel like a semi-normal person and focus on spending time with my family. Now, I’m back ready to go getting several tests to get ready for my double mastectomy surgery which will be September 28th.  

Thanks for your continued prayers in this journey!

Kim