Need Your Prayers

Things have been a little unsettled with my life. We are almost put back together from the fire. The final step—carpet installation—is today.

We have been in the midst of a blizzard for the past two days. I kept praying for snow and now we have it, lots of it. We woke up this morning to 56° in the house. Our furnace went out sometime in the night and we haven't had our gas fireplace hooked up yet as we were waiting for the carpet to be done. I am so glad that the local furnace dealer takes calls on Sundays. They should be here within the hour. I had wanted Chad to remove the wall mount electric heaters for years and thank heavens, he didn't.

As you may know, my doctor found two small lumps on my left breast during a routine physical. I had a regular mammogram, diagnostic mammogram and a breast ultrasound this past Friday. The lumps in question turned out to be just dense fibrous tissue. I thought I was in the clear until the radiologist called me in his office and told me that there is a problem with the right side. He advised me that I have a cluster of calcifications and that I will need a biopsy to determine whether benign or malignant.

He also suggested that I don't go home and begin researching breast cancer online. How foolish of him to suggest such a thing. From the information I have found, cluster micro calcifications (the kind I have), are more of a concern than macro calcifications. I am a little freaked out, but am ready to do whatever I need to do. I am scheduled for a vacuum assisted, needle biopsy this next Wednesday, December 17th at 10:00 am. It will take a couple days for results. My doctor and the radiologist encouraged me with the positive odds that most micro calcifications (about 75%) are benign. They can become malignant so it is best to get rid of them. I am planning to take just Wednesday off work but that remains to be decided depending on my pain level. Chad and my girlfriends will be with me on Wednesday along with your prayers.

Oh, my cocker spaniel is in congestive heart failure and is really old. She has forgotten that she is house trained. If she pees one more time on my new carpet, I am looking for a new home for her. Her name is Snickers and she loves to kiss. Watch out for her perio breath!!

Welcome to my life.
Lisa