GOOD NEWS!  The pathology report is back from my surgery and my lymph nodes are clear and they got all of the cancer!!  I was jumping up and down (holding my breast of course    ) and crying when we heard!  No more surgery.  I even get to keep my breast.  Those are words I never thought I would say.

 

I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate your support and caring and especially your prayers. 

 

Hugs and Love,

Lisa

 

 

The new doll that I started yesterday.  She is made with polymer on the face and apoxie sculpt on the dress.  She has freshwater pearls and beads embedded in the dress.  I will probably mount her on a base and put some kind of fabric under the dress (remove the foil).  I ran out of apoxie before I could get the arms and hands done.

The turtles are my previously burnt turtles!

I'm doing great.  Still sore but in great spirits.

I started working on a game board today called The Creative Journey.  I'm having fun with that! 

Love and hugs to all of you.  I'm sure that I'm doing well because of all of the prayers and thoughts on my behalf.

Lisa

 

A quick update:

I had surgery on Wednesday and I'm doing well!  A bit sore but I feel good otherwise.

The day of surgery was a very long one...my surgery got delayed by about 3 hours so that made for a long wait.  Now I wait on the pathology report to see if they got all of the cancer and if it has traveled to my lymph nodes.  I'm in good spirits and know that everything will be okay in the long run.

I had a dream that a holy woman was looking at me and she had previously seen a black fog hanging over me.  She then told me to turn and look at her and when I did, she said, "it's gone".  That was a good dream.

Eventually the cancer will be all gone even if it is not yet.  We shall see...

Thank you again for your concerns and prayers.

Lisa

A lady from one of the lists that I'm on sent me this beautiful beaded doll.  IT's about 3 1/2 inches long:

   

Hanging in there.  Little bit of a rollercoaster ride emotionally.

Morbid Humor amongst friends:

Cathy asked me one time, "have you picked out the outfit that you're going to be buried in?"  I said, "no...I'm going to be cremated" ....long pause....then Cathy said, "can we have a viewing??"  I said, "NO!  That's CREEPY!"

Sometimes it helps to make fun of it all. 

Robin and I were going to watch a movie at my mom's this week.  She was laying down and I walked into the room.  I tried to hand her the DVD and said, "will you put it in?"  she said, "You're already up!!"  I replied, "I have Cancer!!" 

The breast and cancer jokes are going to run rampant for a while, I think. 

Hugs.

Tonight, I got my chest xray and liver panel back...all clean!!  I'm ecstatic about this.  So I'm ready for this process now. 

My "staging surgery" is scheduled for Jan 24 where they will remove the tumor and some tissue and my sentinel lymph node/s on my right side.  After this goes to pathology, they will know if they need to remove more tissue or breast.  I feel good about it.  I'm ready.

Living is good.  I'm happy to be here and so so so fortunate to know so many wonderful and caring people like you! 

I've been laughing a lot today.  Chase and I made fart sounds until we nearly wet ourselves!

Hugs and love to you all.  Thank you for your thoughts and kindness.

Lisa

 

 

 

Thank you friends, for thinking of me and sending your prayers.  I found out tonight that I have breast cancer.  I don't have many details as of yet but my tumor is fairly small and the doctor thinks that most likely it hasn't spread; but he can't guarantee it.   I will find out more on Thursday after some more tests and we'll go from there.  It's hard to type this without crying. 

It's hard tonight.  I knew inside that it was cancer but I didn't want to hear it.  I know also that it won't kill me.  I just feel it.  And I'm going to fight with everything I have.  I love life and all of the good and bad things about it.  I know that I will change inside and it will be good.  I know that blessings, rich treasures will come from this, also.

Love to you all.

 

Thanks so much for your prayers and thoughts!  It means a lot to me.

I saw the surgeon yesterday and I am scheduled for a needle biopsy tomorrow evening.  I won't know the results of the test until early next week.  I like my surgeon, though.  He seems very competent and is very up to date with technology.  I had been doing some research on the steps that are taken to rule out breast cancer and so I kind of knew the standard of treatment.  This is a really important thing when you live in a small town...sometimes the selection of doctors is subpar in a smaller place.  I'm happy with this guy so far.

Strange...the places my mind can take me when something like this is happening.  I have noticed some little control issues popping up for me.  Little things like Jim telling me to do something and me saying, I really need to not be told what to do right now.  Jim is very understanding about all of it, too.  I recognize that it's about the uncertainty that I'm facing that makes me feel helpless.  But you know, I feel okay for the most part.  I know that in some strange way, everything will be okay no matter the outcome. 

I will post an update as soon as I know something.  

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In the meantime, here is a picture of what happens when your toaster oven malfunctions and you're trying to cure polymer clay! 

Poor little babies!