And another waiting cycle ensues

I have an appointment with the oncologist Monday to discuss when to start chemo, what sort to use, and what the schedule will be. And I have an appointment Tuesday with the surgeon so she can admire her embroidery. :)

Also, a dentist appointment the following Monday so I can get one filling taken care of and go into chemo without any mouth issues.

Church today was rather strange. I got into a long discussion with a woman whose niece (only 32!) is dealing with really bad breast cancer, much worse than what's happening to me. She (the niece) apparently has a rare anomaly on the BRCA1 gene, and my even-Christian (Blessed Julian of Norwich's name for fellow-believers) was trying to extrapolate from my experience to her niece's. Despite my repeated warnings. She didn't want to question her sister (the young lady's mother), who is having a very difficult time with things, or her niece (who sounds, from her description, as though she wouldn't mind at all, but I forebore to say so because it's not my family). So, she asked me. This got us into the link between various cancers and ethnic background, and why X was happening to me while Y was happening to her niece.

It's really amazing how individualized cancer therapy has gotten.

Other than that, there's only a lot of trying to live while waiting to report. I will let y'all know as soon as I can about what the chemo schedule looks like.

In return, may I ask one favor? All sorts of chemo have side effects, and I'm sure my doctors will tell me what I need to know about them. Please, therefore, do not post links for me to read about this type or that type. I am staying away from the Internet as much as I can while dealing with this thing, because I am NOT a scientist or a doctor, and I DON'T have a way to filter claims and counter-claims, and a lot of the stuff out there is just scary and depressing. I find I scare rather easily (see previous lymphadema episode), so it's best to just try and understand what the docs are telling me.