The Big "C"

Well Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer October 13, 2009. Since the start of this all she has had to undergo two surgeries, testing, and several doctor appointments. The most recent surgery was on Monday November 2, 2009. They did several things. First, they removed the lymph nodes from under her left arm, they took out some additional tissue around where the lump was to assure that the cancer was gone, and they put in a port to be used when she starts chemotherapy. The surgery went well (easy for me to say)--they found no more cancer in the lymph nodes but they did send them for additional testing just to be sure(not sure when the test results come back). She stayed in the hospital Monday night and was able to come home Tuesday about 2 or so. She is still feeling pretty rough (to be expected). For now, she will continue to recover from this surgery and then in the next 2-4 weeks depending on how she is doing she will start a course of Chemotherapy (I don't have all the details on the schedule).