Let there be light...

Yesterday started out normal - work till 11am, then met Kimmy on the corner and we walked to the surgeon appointment where Christina and Casey (my hubby) joined us soon after.  We met with my Oncology surgeon first Dr. Demore, (by the way - love her) she told me the details of my MRI - which again shows only evidence that the cancer is contained to the mass on my right side, the MRI was only of my boobs, nothing else.  She explained what is next she explained that I will have a Sentinel Lymph node biopsy (which means they will run blue dye into the mass area, it should run towards the lymph nodes)  from what I understand this will show if there is any cancer in my lymph nodes.  This procedure will be done on April 9th late in the day.  I will return to UNC on April the 10th (at 6:30am) yipppeeeee for the lumpectomy, surgery and recovery will take approximately 4 hours all together.  At this time she will cut a incision under my arm and check out those lymph nodes - she will biopsy the nodes and we will wait to see if it has gone to my nodes.  I might have to edit this once my NOTE TAKERS read it :)  She will sew me up and I will head home.  I will be out of work for one week returning back on the 21st.    My next surgery which is reconstruction will be May 5th, by Dr. Dammits from UNC - she is awesome too!!!  Because of the location of the mass and how the surgery will be done, this is where the reconstruction comes into the journey!!   I met with the plastic surgeon yesterday afternoon and she spent a lot of time with me and explained a lot.  That surgery is a bit more intense and will require me being out of work for 2 wks - and get this no housework for 4 weeks.  WOWZEER ---I have to find jokes in all this to keep my spirits up!!!  :)  This is our plan for now and will be the plan unless genetics come back with something different.  So I guess I will be getting lots of rest between now and 2 wks from now.  I didn't realize until the last 2 Wednesdays how tiring staying a doctors visits could be.  Thanks you guys again for all the kind gestures, calls, texts, FB messages and cards.  You have truly made this girl feel loved!!!!