Wednesday, Sept 8

Today was biopsy day on the "other" breast, the right one. Some questionable spots emerged on the ultrasound and MRI in July, and they aspirated it a few weeks ago but didn't get enough tissue to determine if there were cancerous cells. (The aspiration involved a needle that extracted tissue with no freezing. I don't remember feeling pain like that in a long, long time.) I was scheduled for a biopsy today so that they would have enough information, but my blood counts were still too low, and I was at risk for infection. So they aspirated again, but this time with freezing. Then they inserted a clip inside next to the questionable spots. That way if it is cancer, and it shrinks away with the chemo, they know where it was so they can do a lumpectomy. We have already decided that because of these "active" places, however, both breasts will be removed.
In the meantime, I feel like a small homing pigeon.
Chemo Number 2 starts tomorrow at 2:00. Susan Fast is coming into town to take me in for treatment. I'll sign off now for a couple of days and be back in touch on the weekend.
Much love,
Kip