Part 2

I finished my first week back to work and I feel pretty good. I have to say the beginning of the week was very tiring, but by the time Friday rolled around, I felt pretty good.

We are getting ready for the next phase of our journey, chemotherapy. I have to say this part scares me the most. Monday we have to meet with the surgeon to talk about putting in the port. I have small veins plus the chemo cocktail can damage the veins so the port is the way to go. Monday afternoon I have to have an MRI to make sure they don't see anything else. They are doing this because the type of cancer changed from biopsy to surgery. The oncologist told me it was a fast growing cancer and I have a good chance of getting it somewhere else in my body. Even though the lymph nodes were negative, we are treating this agressively. I will have 6 treatments, every 3 weeks for 18 weeks and then Tamoxifin for 5 years and then another drug for 5 years. I will lose my hair about the 2nd week after the first round. I anticipate the first treatment to be on or about July 7.

One of our other friends in Chicago was also recently diagnosed. Please put Barbara in your prayers.

Stay tuned........
Rhonda