Catching Everyon up on my fight with Breast Cancer!

Well Hello,

I started this new blog to keep all family and friends updated on my fight with breast cancer.

I have talked with lots of different people these last few weeks so some of the things I post today my be a repeat of information. But I will try to update this blog often with new information.

My back went out on Wednesday the 12th we were out looking at the parade of homes. I thought my back with pop back in but it got worse on that Saturday. So I called down to my natural path/chiropractor. He couldn't get me in until Tuesday so I called the Chiropractor I had in high school and he got me in on Monday and adjusted me. I kept my appointment down in Hermiston with the natural path/chiro on Tuesday. I wanted him to check a lump I had in my breast.

I felt a lump in my breast the first week in July it was about the size of a quarter half dollar. I thought it was just something from all the tubing I was doing on the back of the boat or maybe a cyst that just needed to be drained. By the time I went to see him it was the size of a grapefruit. He said he thought I had cancer and wanted me to come back and have a thermal imaging done. It is something that would find a lump in your breast before a mammogram will and it will let the doctor see how big it is. (I highly recommend this testing it is not painful and cheaper than a mammogram. Let me know if you have any question about it.)

So I went back down on Thursday and they took the thermol imagining pictures. We could see it right a way. Both breast should look identical. One of my breast was blue and greens and the other one with the lump was orange, red and white. I thought well that just shows there is something there and that ts could be a cyst. The lady that was taking the picture said no it wasn't a cyst. A cyst would be blues and greens because they are liquid. She said cancer is greedy and wants your blood and that is why it is red, orange and white. She said I am not saying it is cancer we will send it away and let you know. I went back into the doctor and he said we know it is cancer and I think you should see a surgeon. By the time I went in to see him the lump is or was the size of a grapefruit.

I decided to go see his son Dr. Kris Peterson. I saw him on September 25th and he did a breast exam and felt my lymph nodes. He found the lump in my breast not hard to find then he also found a lump in my armpit and in my neck above my collar bone. He told me he felt that I got cancer after I stop breast feeding Carter. That my hormones went crazy and that is what open the door to the cancer. Breast cancer runs in my family. My mom's sister had it a year ago and my moms 2 aunts had breast cancer. He recommend I go see a surgeon too. He asked who I had made an appointment with. I told him I had made it with Dr. Evans. He was glad that is who he recommends. I asked if I could wait until November 1st when my insurance would kick in. He said no that I needed to keep my appoint for October 1st. He felt in his oppion that I had Stage 3 breast cancer.

So I went to see Dr. Evans on October 1st. She came in and did a breast exam and then an ultra sound of my left breast and felt the lumps under my arm and in my neck. Dr. Peterson had some blood test run for Dr. Evans. She looked at my cancer mark. The CA marker should be between 0-40 my was 512. She recommended we get a biopsy done ASAP. She moved her schedule around and schedule my for a biopsy on Friday October 5th.

So Friday at 8 am I had a biopsy of my left breast. The preliminary results said that it is lobular Cancer and that it is malignant and at least stage 3. So I am trying to get a PET SCAN at Kadlec for this next week before I see Dr. Rado the oncologist this Friday. We should also have the results from the bioposy by Friday when I see Dr. Rado.

The natural path thinks that this started with a hormone imbalance. So he has my on a special diet. No meats because of the hormones and no milk products because of the hormones. He wants my to only eat fresh fruits and vegetables and distilled water. The first three days I lost 10 pounds. That has slowed down. I have found some good things I like to eat now and so I am not losing weight anymore. That is not the way I wanted to lose weight. I think about a juicy hamburger and french fries all the time. I can't wait. To eat really food again. Oh I should say junk food again.

So I think that catches everyone up to where we are today. Monday I have another blood test and hopefully on Tuesday I will be able to get my PET scan. Then I see my natural path on Tuesday. We are going to see if what he has me on is fighting the cancer. Then I see Dr. Evans on Wednesday and then Dr. Rado on Friday.

I will try to every few days to update. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has brought fruits and vegetables it has been so nice and all the thoughtful cards and flowers. It is so nice to feel loved. It is definitly a moral booster. Thank you!