The MRI

Today has been probably the longest day since getting the news.  I had trouble falling asleep last night because I just couldn't turn  my brain off, and it's not like I was even worried about the MRI today, but just thinking about a lot of different stuff.  So needless to say the 5:15 alarm clock was the last thing I wanted to  hear!  Went to the hospital and had some blood work done and then spend about an hour in an MRI machine, which honestly wasn't bad, except I was laying on my stomach and that started to get rather uncomfortable.

The doctor called me this afternoon after looking at the MRI results and said that it was good news (if you can say that when talking about cancer!).  It is only the small mass that we know about that seems to be affected, there is nothing in the right breast and it doesn't appear to be in the lymph nodes, and it's small, so again he says this is all good news.  We had a brief discussion about surgery.  He meets with a panel of different specialized doctors tomorrow to talk about my case.  He said the chances of me getting the disease again in the next 20 years is 10-15% and that's not factoring in the genetics.  I will be going through the genetic testing for sure, and he said that should take no more than 2 weeks to get the results back for that.  Because of the risk factors, he's pretty sure the team will recommend a double mastectomy.  But again I will discuss this further when I meet with him on Wednesday.

I worked out tonight, and aside from some bouncing it felt good, I want to get in as much as I can before I have to take the time off for the surgery.  Tonight I think I'm content to lounge on the couch with not much on the agenda!