baby steps....

I think I'm beginning to figure out that being diagnosed with breast cancer will be a never ending process. Silly me, I thought once I had the mastectomy, maybe I wouldn't have to worry about doing much else. WRONG!

On the positive side, I don't have to see my breast surgeon for six months. But, I will be seeing her every six months, probably from now on...since now I won't be having future mammograms :) The final path report puts me at Stage 2. Which is pretty much middle of the road.

Somewhat on the negative side.....I had to make an appointment with an Oncologist. Now hopefully, this will just be to get me started on one of the "anti-hormone" pills. There are a few different ones on the market. But....when I made the appointment, the receptionist wanted to know if I had an MRI, CT, or PET scan. Of course, I haven't. Which now makes me wonder if I'm going to have to have one or more of those tests done???? Ergo.......baby steps! I guess no one wants to give a full lay out of what all is in store for a person once they are diagnosed with breast cancer. It would be a lot to process for one thing, and for the other, just running away to a deserted island sounds pretty good at times :)

I'm still dealing with these blasted drain tubes. By the looks of things, not sure they are going to come out Thursday........more baby steps!