October!

The last two months happened; I was there, but I have to look at my Daytimer to see what I did. I only caught August and September birthdays sporadically and posting here stopped. There's a lump in my throat when I reflect.

My cousin gave me three pocket pals yesterday: Find the joy, Spread it around with simple niceness, and Protect it by forgiveness or forgetfulness. When I think on this, the lump goes away.

Today was the day of Tess's scheduled Tram Flap surgery. Last week she cancelled and changed directions. Alison called her two weeks ago to say Hey, Let's take the boys apple picking. She had a magazine with her that carried the story of a young female mountain climber who was diagnosed with breast cancer. She opted for a bilateral mastectomy, a healthy lifestyle (what does that mean? Mountain climbers probably already have healthy lifestyles!).......anyway, it churned Tess's gut. She went home and began to rethink her options. Tram flap was not good for future pregnancies and that is a possibility in a year or two....or five. Bilateral would mean peace of mind regarding the other breast tissue. And then there was this triple negative issue.

I don't know if it was in the magazine or not but somehow the triple negative pathology came up again and we started an internet search.

You can only process so much at one time and after the genetic testing came back negative we sort of dropped the triple negative issue. But when present directions were ditched, we again reviewed and understood more fully the oncologist Dr. Spiro's doom and gloom first meeting. Just maybe we might not be completely finished with doom and gloom after all. Or better put, we need to carefully consider our options from several directions in order to remain in glory and light. I will post more technical details in a couple days.

Meantime I am heading up to Tess's this morning since that was on the schedule anyway. A good day to play with grandson and review current strategies.

Keep those prayer chains going!