October 3rd, 2024

Thank you so much everyone for your positivity. It means the world to me. 

Tomorrow, I have surgery scheduled to place my port for chemotherapy. The doctor says it is a minor surgery but I will have to be put under for it to be completed. I have no qualms about being put under so I'm not nervous. I think once it's placed, I have to wait a week and then I can start chemotherapy. My start date hasn't been scheduled, but my guess is I'll begin the week of the 14th. 

Next week, I have labs to complete, an echo to check my heart, and a PET scan. Then, on the following Tuesday I will have an MRI guided biopsy done on the lump the first MRI found in my breast. 

Jen will be leaving on Saturday. I'm sure her family is desperate to have her back. We are so lucky to have had her here with us- cleaning, prepping freezer meals, and just being a listening ear. My cousin Charlene is coming in on Wednesday and she will be here through the procedures for next week. I am so, so grateful.

Talk soon 💛

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