Freedom in Letting Out the Old, and Bringing in the New.

I've been really bad at keeping this blog updated on a constant basis... Oops. :) But I really don't feel like my life is exciting enough to be posting daily haha. I will have you know though, I did make it on time to my appointment last Wednesday! I was in fact a good 45 minutes early, just to be safe. :) Haha. That appointment was the most recent one I've had and was a consult with the Breast Cancer Specialist I was referred to by the imaging clinic. After another breast exam, the nurse practitioner sat my Mom and I down and went over the surgical procedures with us and answered what questions she could for us. We still have yet to know if the tumor is cancer or not. It's hard to tell whether it is or not from just ultra sound images, so I'm set up for an appointment for a biopsy (for sure this time!) on Friday afternoon. (A biopsy is where they take a hollow needle about as thick as the tip of a ball point pen, and inject it into the tumor where it than takes tissue samples that will later be studied under a microscope by a Pathologist. The size of the cells and how quickly they're growing/multiplying, will determine whether the tumor is malignant (cancerous) or benign (not cancerous.) Because of the size of my tumor, they will be taking four passes of tissue samples from the tumor and than send them off to a pathologist to be examined over the weekend. This process usually takes three to four days for the results to return from the lab so they said we will get the results back most likely on Tuesday the 24th. If everything goes as planned, after the results from the biopsy return, they will than schedule my surgery to remove the tumor. The thought of having a piece of my body taken out of me (reguardless of whether it's a big or small, bad or good) is a little weird to think about.. but hey, it's the beginning of a new year; out with the old and in with the new.. Literally. :) Over the last week I also got to go back to work and spend time with some friends. I can honestly say I was so happy to go back to work. I love my job, not many people get to say that. I was really glad to get back to the clinic, the staff and the patients. It was also nice to be around friends again since I've layed pretty low since this all came my way. They have all been really good about being supportive, but not treating me differently. I'm very blessed to be surrounded by the great family, friends and co-workers in my life.

Today, I find freedom in letting out the old and bringing in the new.
Today, I find freedom in the people that surround me.