Breast cancer. Had surgery, all seemed to have gone well. Went to oncologist yesterday. 4 chemo treatments beginning next week, every other week, and then 40 radiation treatments. Hard to deal with someone who keeps saying "I don't want to know" and is not advocating for themselves. Seems to me her original surgeon dropped the ball. According to her original biopsy report it was stage 2 going toward 3, invasive, fast growing/spreading. That's what I gathered from googling. Surgeon, who was very highly recommended by a number of breast cancer survivors, told her it wasn't so bad, just stage 1. Of course I didn't share what I was able to Google because (1) it's Google, (2) I'm not a doctor, and (3) everyone always tells me how negative I am and only see the worst. So I kept my mouth shut. They all dragged their feet (including MIL) about scheduling surgery, etc. Oncologist told her yesterday it's Stage 2/3 and asked why it took so long to get everything done. So I came here to read up on some of the breast cancer posts to see what's ahead. I have always been of the "more you know" camp. She's of the "I don't want to know" camp. Makes for interesting conversations. FIL isn't well, can barely walk, stand up etc. And still drinking like a fish. :/ DH still drinking like a fish. :/ Guess who's shoulders this will all fall on? I don't post much on FB because I'm FB friends with too many family members, etc. and don't usually share the gory details of life in my house but I think I've shared all of that with the Ignorami since way back. Nothing's different, nothing changes. But the in-laws' health is a whole new added strain. Thank God for PK. She keeps me sane, is helpful and is the one bright shining spot in my life, other than my mom. Who is going for a colonoscopy on July 11 because there have been issues there too. Oy!!!!!