I told you so you dumb aliens!

Today I had an appointment for my follow up mammogram and ultrasound as well as an appointment with the breast surgeon. After spending a good bit of time sitting in a room full of bra-less women in pink robes watching everyone messing with their phones I attempted to draw the lady next to me into a conversation and luckily for her they called her name and she left.

The technician came for me a little while later and after she squished and contorted me a few times she said “Put your robe back on and come look at this” I walked over and she put my first mammogram results on the screen next to the new ones. “Look at what you did” she exclaimed as she showed me the difference between the two photos. “You went from a 2 cm on both tumors to less than ½ cm. That is like from the size of a quarter to less than an m&m. The lymph node is just a speck” she added as she gave me a big hug.

With that excitement she led me out and back to the waiting room to wait for my ultrasound. I walked in and whooped and exclaimed out loud that my tumors had shrunk. Two people said congratulations while the others just ignored me. I thought if I were back in Texas we would all be dancing the Cotton Eyed Joe or something.

When she came back in she said the doctor didn’t need the ultrasound so I can get dressed. I went back with John and we waited for my doctor’s appointment. I was all smiles.

When the doctor came in she was excited for me that the tumors had shrunken and did her examination. She had a tough time finding the tumor which made us both smile. I love Dr. Samiian. The test results from my MUGA scan showed a decrease in heart function. She said that the normal function level is around 60 and my original function level was 75. My heart was pumping well. Now my level is 60 which is normal but since there has been a decrease she wanted to consult with a cardiologist plus my heart rate was up and I had become a little anemic. 

Well at least the chemo is over and I had 6 more Herceptin treatments left.

The best news is that surgery will be March 20^th!

She said at least my dolphin tattoo will be saved with the reduction.

I am so blessed!

I am grateful for all the help that I have been given at the University of Florida Healthcare system and Shands. In just 31 days I will get rid of those aliens for good and have a new set of perky girls to encourage me to be active.