Some health stuff-post 2

This is the post that went up on Facebook on May 3. My surgery is tomorrow morning at 9:45.

First off, thank you to everyone who has been so awesome in lending thoughts/supports/prayers/questions and so much more. My friends rock!!

Since my last booby update a bunch of stuff has happened, all of it is good and I am still super healthy-no worries : )

1-I met with my GP and got a referral for a second opinion. That should take about 3-5 months to get. As you will see as I go on, the surgery will actually happen long before that second opinion ever happens. I'm okay with that.

2-I've done a lot of research, asked a lot of questions and done a lot of asking God for the best answer.

3-I met with my surgeon along with Steph and Nuyanne and we sat around a conference table and asked a lot of questions and got a lot of answers and some new information. I wont bore you with the details, but the main points are as follows:

*the fibroadenomas are encapsulated and removing them does not involve exposing the rest of my breast to nasty tissues.

*the reason that the surgeon wants to take them out is that the larger of the two masses is more than 3 cm. At this size it is difficult to confirm that there is no presence of tumor. There is a 5% chance that there could be a tumor present. THAT SAID, there is only a 10% chance that if there is tumor present that it could be pre-cancerous. So that is a really small chance, but it is still there. For my non math friends, that is a less than 1% chance that what is there is pre-cancerous.

*they need to come out a some point, everyone agrees on that.

*They will not shrink, they will not go away.

*They continue to be very painful and to get more painful.

I like my surgeon. She has taken a lot of time to explain this whole process to me and my support people. I trust her. I am comfortable with her. I honestly don't think that I want to hear another opinion at this point. I think that it would muddy the waters for me. My doctor's information makes sense and is consistent with my research.

So, in conclusion, I will be having surgery on May 17, 18 or 24 at the Queensway Carleton. The actual date will be confirmed in the next couple of days.

*I will need to take a week off of work.

*I will need adult supervision for 24 hours after I get home and Dave is 99% sure that he will be able to take that time off of work. Frankly I probably need adult supervision in general, but that is a discussion for another day ; )

*I would love loans of movies and TV series' on DVD and Blu Ray. We don't have cable and I plan to sit/lay on the couch!!

*On the day of the surgery we may need someone else to pick the boys up at day care if we are tied up at the hospital.

I couldn't be more at peace with this decision. I am looking forward to having this whole thing behind me really, really soon :)