Meeting my team of Doctors

We decided that we would travel to Nashville and go through the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center. My first visit was with my surgeon, Dr. Cooper. This is when we learned more information about my Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer is the diagnosis. FYI I quickly learned not to google it, yikes.

I have a team of doctors with over 100 years experience so we are very happy with the care that I will receive. It was decided the best course of action is to do Chemotherapy first then surgery. So I was referred to my oncologist Dr. Hamilton. And MRI was ordered as well.

So remember back in June we were doing a lot of waiting, well, now things started moving and moving fast. Met with Dr. Hamilton on a Wednesday and a treatment plan was developed. Went that Friday to have my port put in and started CHEMO on Monday, August 29th.

My Treatment Plan:

12 weeks of CHEMO (every Monday to Nashville we go)
have an MRI to see how the spot is responding
12 more weeks of CHEMO (1 time every 3 weeks)
discuss surgery options

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Radiation - that's a wrap!

Today has been a busy but GREAT day! We started the morning off early with a drive to Nashville to get my immunotherapy. There is just one more immunotherapy treatment to go, which will be in 6 weeks. Next, we headed back to Cookeville for my LAST radiation treatment. YAY! I’m so glad I was able to have my radiation treatments locally at Cookeville Regional Cancer Center, because I had to go every weekday for 21 treatments and they took such great care of me. We ended our day with a celebration dinner out with my favorite people. I have had such great support through this especially my husband who has been my rock through it all. I am truly blessed.

One year ago today!

August 2, 2022 was the day my life changed forever. I heard the words too many people hear, "I'm sorry your biopsy came back positive for cancer.” I immediately joined a club no one ever thinks they will be a part of. In that instant, and in the days and weeks that followed, I didn't know exactly what was going to happen. All of the doctors told me it was small, and we caught it early. And all of this brings me to today: my cancerversary. You may be wondering, what is that? Am I supposed to do something specific? The first thing you need to know is there are no rules. There are many possible cancer anniversaries, and this is just one of them (stay tuned I may celebrate just this one or all of them). Since I can't change anything of the past year, I am deciding to not be depressed today. I will not ignore the day that changed my life. I will continue to find the good in everything. I appreciate every single person in my life. I appreciate each day in a way I never

Surgery is set!

Sorry for the delayed update, but we hit a few bumps in the road. So, I had my MRI February 16th as planned. I then went to my oncologist on the 20th and the surgeon on the 21st. Those appointments were a little tough since the MRI had not been read. The oncologist explained I would see her every 6 weeks until August to check in and have my immunotherapy. I couldn’t have the immunotherapy that day since it is a new year we had to wait until the insurance approved. Next, we had the appointment with surgeon which was informative as he gave us the options for surgery. It was decided that a lumpectomy and reconstruction followed by radiation was my best option. We quickly had it scheduled (for the next week) pending the MRI results. Well, you guessed it, here is where we hit the bump in the road. The MRI report was in, and they could see a new spot on the other side. A biopsy was scheduled for the next week and surgery was canceled. We needed to find out what t

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