Surgery Date

Mom had two doctor appointments at the end of this week that greatly informed us about the course of her treatment for the next two months.

On Thursday Mom and Dad went and saw Dr. Fry the radiologist. We all think his name to be quite fitting and funny. Mom and Dad both liked him. He is passionate about his work and very positive. He believes that Mom will still have some cancer after the surgery. He considers it his work to eliminate the cancer that is remaining. After surgery Mom will have seven weeks of radiation. She will have radiation treatment five days a week. Dr. Fry told my parents that radiation treatment has made vast improvements in the last couple of years. She will have a CAT scan that will enable Dr. Fry to develop a radiation plan specific for her body and the cancer that remains. There are very few possible negative health effects. Dr. Fry also encouraged Mom to use her time during radiation treatments as period to recover from the chemotherapy and surgery. He wants her to get back to her walking and healthy living during radiation. Mom was encouraged to hear this. He also told her that radiation will be a breeze after all she had to go through with the chemotherapy.

On Friday Mom and Dad went to see Dr. Faddis to set a surgery date. Mom will have her mastectomy on Thursday September 4. It will be a single mastectomy. They may or may not remove lymph nodes during this surgery depending on what they find. She will have to stay in the hospital one night and possibly two.

That is the news!

Around the home front we continue to work on our home improvement projects. Mom is making lots of applesauce from one of our back yard apple trees and putting it in the freezer. Steve goes back to work on Monday. We are buying school supplies to send the kids off to another school year soon.

Love, Emily