What a week!

Lots to digest . . . more people know now, prayers coming from all over.

Last night Heshy told me he will take me up on the offer of signing him up for a therapy group for kids who have a parent with cancer. He mentioned several reasons, the most important to him being that he will be with other children in the same situation. Research on that will be delegated shortly.

Here's what's coming up for me:

On Tuesday, 11/8, I will be having a bone scan. Some substance will be injected into my body at 9:30, then at about 12:30 the scan will be done. Neska will be with me for that scan.

Later that same day, at 3:30, I will be meeting with a genetic counselor to discuss the BRCA1 and BRCA2 tests, I've referred to these as the genetic marker test. After that meeting I will have the blood drawn and then we'll wait about a month for results.

Friday, 11/11, at 3:30 will be the CT scan, and after that I will hear from Dr. Russin, my oncologist, about the results of the scans.

If I am having chemo it will begin the week of 11/14, preceded by the head shaving party at 7pm on Sunday, 11/13 at our house.

On Wednesday, 11/16 at 8:30 a clip of some sort will be inserted into my bad breast.

On Thursday, 11/17, I will be having a radiation consultation at the East Bay Regional Cancer Center in Hayward at 2 pm. Even though the radiation won't happen until after chemo AND after surgery, the consult has to be now.