Day Four of Diagnosis- January 13, 2009

"May God grant me, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His spirit in my inner being, so that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith. And may I, being rooted and grounded in love, be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth of the love of God and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that I may be filled to all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:16-19



Had a great appt today with the nurse coordinator at Scripps. She went over all the possibilities and gave more insight on the pathology report. Basically validated what we learned over the weekend which is that DCIS (ductal carcinoma in-situ) is non-invasive. And if you're gonna get breast cancer, this is a good one to get. In my case, the calcification is very, very small-- it might even be gone now due to the biopsy. So we will get a better understanding when we meet with the radiologist oncologist next Tuesday. Then we meet with the surgeon Wednesday. Finally I will see the medical oncologist Feb. 9th (when we return from our DisneyWorld vacation!). My parents went to the appt with me today-- I wanted them to understand that this is 100% curable and that they have nothing to worry about.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and kind words on email. I thought I would create this blog (with recommendation from Shannon and Carole's friend Andrea) to help keep you all updated-- and to keep me from having to be on email or the phone constantly. I hope it isn't too impersonal. But please know you can always call me or email me-- you don't have to reply on this blog!

Just know that I am in a very great place mentally! I feel very blessed to have this happening to me, actually. I have been praying for God to show me how to me a better wife and mom, to make me passionate about something, to learn more scripture and to learn more about Him, to witness to others/show people my faith, to heal relationships within my family--- and I wonder if this isn't answer to those prayers! I may not have chosen this exactly! But God never gives us more than we can bear, does He?

(Thanks Holly for the scripture and the card!)