First Fork on the Path Yesterday, I got the answer to which fork I’ll be taking on my cancer treatment path, and it’s good news. I don’t have the BRCA gene mutation, so I’ll be having the easier surgery. The next data point will come after the surgery when we’ll find out if the cancer made it to my lymph nodes. While We Wait I find myself not really waiting for anything.

We Have a Plan - One Step at a Time I got to spend some quality time with both my oncologist and especially my surgeon today. I learned a lot about breast cancer surgery options. The treatment plan all winds down to a couple of key decision points. The first decision point is which type of surgery I’ll have. That depends on whether I have the BRCA gene mutation.

I’ve Been Assigned a New Teacher And look… she comes with a workbook Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook I’m Sorry to Drop That On You What do you say when you are told you have cancer? Well, my sister and I laughed about it after the inital downer that the sentence, “I have cancer” brings to a conversation. We both said that we’ve been expecting this our whole lives.