“Fred” is gone!!!!!

October 20, 2018

Went to my MRI on Wednesday night (thank you sis for driving and having dinner with me afterwards) 😘 This was my 3rd MRI! Luckily I’m not claustrophobic and don’t really mind having them done. AND instead of 3 radio stations to choose from they now have a Pandora option!! I was SO excited and shouted “I will take today’s country radio please!!” Lol its amazing how a little country music can completely change your attitude and lift your spirits!

On the way to my appointment to see Dr. Patel and get results I was such a grump!! I had wicked bad chemo fog and my nerves/anxiety definitely got the best of me. (Sorry Mom and Jamie) 😳

So Dr. Patels medical assistant Jamie brought us into the exam room (we actually graduated high school with her) and she’s a sweetheart! Dr. Patel told us she recently won a MA award and expressed how thankful she was to have her on her team. If your reading this blog Jamie.. congrats!! Keep rocking it girl! So glad to have you on MY team 😊 Dr. Patel walked in shortly after and within seconds said “the MRI showed no residual”. We were all like “uhhhh what does that mean??”.. “is it gone?” And she replied “yes, I don’t see anything on the MRI”. I seriously couldn’t believe it… like Fred is GONE!! She did an ultrasound in the room and confirmed she couldn’t see anything. I had the best possible response to chemo you could ask for. I feel so blessed! 🙏 She nicely reminded me that it could come back between now and surgery. My surgery date is schedueld for November 26th. She made it clear that she wasn’t 100% comfortable with this date. Because Fred was so big compared to most and grew so fast my risk of him returning is greater and for this reason she wants to have surgery done sooner than later. The problem is she needs to coordinate a date with the reconstructive surgeon which can be difficult! She said let’s follow up with an ultrasound in 4 weeks. Mom spoke up and said “what about sooner?”. Dr. Patel agreed and thought ultrasounds every 2 weeks until surgery would be a good idea and in the meantime she will try and get an earlier surgery date. Thanks Mom for speaking up! 

Just realized I haven’t really gone over details about my surgery/reconstruction. So Dr. Patel will be doing a sentinel node biopsy and double mastectomy. Immediately after Dr. Burdette who is my reconstructive surgeon will be placing expanders. Typically recovery is 4-6 weeks. The worst part will be no lifting for that amount of time. And with a 1 and 3 year old I am assuming this will be extremely difficult!! After 3-4 weeks they start filling the expanders with saline. Once I am happy with the size.. which will probably be a double D (Bahahahah JK)!! 😂 Then we stop and put the implants in. 

Excited and anxious to get the next chapter rolling!!! 

RIP Pepere 🙏 Love you so much  

KPOW ❤️