Wow!

Over the last few days, we have been telling people near and far about my diagnosis.  Many people have had to find out about it via email because I just don't have it in me to tell everyone in person or on the phone.   I have really been overwhelmed by the response - the emails, Facebook messages and chats have done so much to lift my spirits.   Keep the prayers and happy thoughts coming as we face a big week - more pathology results and the CT scan and whole body bone scan which might show if there are any spots to worry about elsewhere in my body.    

Mom heads back to Florida tomorrow and I am sure she is looking forward to a few weeks of peace and quiet before she comes back for the surgery.   Raymond and Emily were particularly boisterous and loud today!    I am so lucky she was able to be with us for the last week.

I have also been amazed by the number of women out there who have battled or are currently battling breast cancer - many of them young women like me.  It is really a sisterhood - one I never wanted to join but I am now amazed and inspired by its members.