GAGWTA!
Laura, congratulations to your DD on that
A!!

Really amazing what hard work and a mother's love can accomplish.

Am praying you get good results on both the pathology and the scope. I'm glad you're listening to your body when it's tired and needs to rest. You'll be back to

when this is behind you, sista. (We meet with our kids' teacher tonight, wondering what stories I'm going to hear, LOL.

)
Continued prayers for all here who need them.
Beth, keeping my fingers crossed for you on the PET scan. I know that neither a breast cancer recurrence to the lung nor a primary lung cancer is desirable, but have they said if one is "preferable" over the other, i.e. easier to treat? Just wondering. I also wanted to tell you about a woman I've mentioned here before (she sat behind me in December at the Medjugorje mass, she's the youngish mother of one of my closest friends). She had colon cancer and two years later they also incidentally found some spots on her lung (which were mets). She had a great thoracic surgeon (from my hospital

) who removed all five of them, she had more chemo, and she's doing great.

She still has frequent scans and everything looks fine. In consultation between the oncologists and surgeons, they told her they felt those spots were more than likely always there but had not shown up on the original scans (which is why they don't expect to see any more after all the chemo she's had

). She has an incredible attitude and is one of the people in my own life who inspires me. Her attitude is to keep persevering because
she has no intention of not surviving.

She said something to me to that effect when I was in treatment and it always stuck with me. Just wanted to tell you about her because I know how imporant it is to hear the good stories. She is a Survivor
and so are you, sista!!
snappy, glad to hear Claudette has turned the corner finally. Yes, it must be quite a bill.

Merry, I took care of someone last week who had her gall bladder out non-laparoscopically (she also had a lot of cardiac issues which is why she came to us afterward). It is a lot easier laparoscopically so I hope that is what your Mom gets to have.
I saw my primary care doc yesterday for my annual physical and am happy to report that all of my doctors are now onboard with the fact that if I get the pain in my side back we're going to go ahead and just take out my gallbladder. I am not one to have
any unnecessary surgery but this has been going on for 3 years now off and on and created a lot of stress, pain and worry in my life. My doc I think thought she was doing me a favor saying my breast surgeon could do the job and I was like, um, no thanks, I'll go to another surgeon I know who's bedside manner I prefer.
OK, gotta get the day rolling, coffee cup is cold and dry

and I have a lot to do still to get ready for my trip which is a week from tomorrow!!

(May ask for a bit of PD for our friends who may not be able to come due to an illness in their family

). Yup, more problems when I went through DDs things - man, they grow like weeds, don't they?? At least I got all my monthly administrative tasks done for work so I'll be ready to start my vacation as of Saturday morning!
Wanted to mention one other thing quickly before I go. DH and I saw a nutritionist last month because he's gained a bit of weight and his blood sugars were slightly elevated (I've also gained weight but I kind of feel kind of responsible for him since he took on all the stress of this household while I was sick). At any rate, it was something we both needed to do so we made it a joint effort and I have to say it was the best thing we've ever done. Despite our diets being relatively healthy, there were mistakes we were making and are both now on the road to healthier eating and being. I wanted to tell you since I know nutrition is a subject we've discussed before and can all relate to, and is so important for us in our quest to stay healthy. I can get into more detail later if anyone wants, but consider going if you just can't seem to understand why the weight won't come off.

(Will be a challenge cruising with our new dietary changes but we're committed to staying healthy despite the insane amount of food surrounding us

).
Oh, BTW, Laura - ditto on the home renovation. Have also had some unexpected things crop up which is why we're going to start small and see how it goes. Hope you like the show, let me know!!
