Genetic Consultation

Another week has flown by, where does the time go? I did end up staying home on Monday to rest for one more day, mother's orders. I agree though that I do need to take it easy and rest, so I won't have any set backs. I'm getting closer and closer to being done with my intense chemo treatments, only two more to go, then I will continue with the Herceptin until next August. I told Bryan that maybe for Valentines Day his wife may have some hair coming in, what a nice Valentines gift that would be for him. LOL.

I made an appointment that I thought I would never have to make this week. I will be having a genetic consultation in December. This will help in deciding what surgeries I will need done in the future. Such as having my ovaries taken out, or having a double mastectomy vs a lumpectomy. I'm sure I will not only get screened for the breast cancer genes, which is the BRCA 1 & BRCA 2, but also for other cancers, as unfortunately there seems to be a trend of cancer in my family on both sides. I joked with my mom when I received my forms that they wanted me to fill out with my family history. I have to include her aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, and I told her that I only had 10 lines and I wasn't sure if that would be enough or not. It did state that an extra page could be submitted. Last year my mom was telling me about a gentleman that she met who had genetic testing done on himself because all of his family members have had cancer and I think most of them died at very early ages and he wanted to prevent it from happening to him. She suggested that I look into it at and she had a video about, I told her no thanks, I do not want to know my destiny, little did we know that the cancer was inside of me at the time.

I have my MUGA scan on Tuesday, so let's pray that my heart is still doing well, so I can continue with the Herceptin. I probably won't get my test result until my next appointment with the oncologist, which is on the 19th.

This is very long overdue, but I wanted to thank everyone that has donated to the benefit account. You are all so generous and thoughtful and we appreciate it more than words can say, it has helped out with medical bills that we did not anticipate to have, so thanks again to all of you.