The waiting game continues...

...Hello family and friends and followers of my booble blog! Thanks so much for checking in ~ it is because of you that I am doing this! I love you all so much and want to make sure you are kept in the know of what is going on with me! 

So...Today's news ~ there really isn't any! I know, not what we wanted, but it is what it is. I spoke with the Surgeon this morning and and did get some good news ~ no chemo before surgery! And I have an appointment this coming Friday (September 10) to talk about the surgery ~ let me pause and say, for those that might not know, I have decided to go with a Bi-Lateral Mastectomy with Reconstruction later. This is the best option for me (1) to not redevelop cancer cells in the breast and (2) not redevelop breast cancer if I choose to get pregnant later in life. Plus, as strong as everyone says I am (and I know I am...!), I only want to have to go through this once ~ more than that is unacceptable {not that once is acceptable either!!}. So, back to the appointment, the Surgeon would like to discuss what to expect ~ everything from the hospital, the surgery, recovery. I think these are all good questions to have answered BEFORE embarking on this journey in my life, don't you?? So even though I am frustrated and the waiting game continues, I want to go into this with eyes wide open! 

On a side note, it has been just WONDERFUL to have my family here with me during this. I feel bad because I am still working right now ~ so I don't get to see them much. But, they have met Travis {the new boyfriend!!} and really like him {what's not to like?!?}; they have been able to help with stuff around the condo and make it post-surgery ready; they have seen family; gone swimming; been to Sedona! I would say it is a good visit ~ well, except for the whole cancer part...!! :)

I hope you sense that I am still very much the same ol' Heather ~ joking around and laughing whenever I can...at whatever I can! That is what will get me through this along with the most amazing support system that reaches throughout this entire country and even internationally! I have awesome doctors that want the best for me. And I have a bucket list a mile long ~ skydiving {possibly late-March, early-April 2011}, Dublin Marathon {October 2011}, drive cross country with Travis {June 2011}...just to name a few!!

So ~ check back in a few days...hopefully by then we will know when surgery is scheduled!

Love always

  ~ heather :o)