Originally posted on CaringBridge: December 18, 2018

Today was a big day! Biopsy day. People had warned me that it would hurt “like a mother” but it actually didn’t. Lidocaine doesn’t feel great but that stuff is amazing! I didn’t even feel the monster syringe that went in and extracted the bad stuff. I had amazing care. My tech, Moe, was kind and gentle and Dr. Rassman (the radiologist) was excellent. They didn’t even mind that I shaked and cried. I was a little disappointed to find out that what I what I thought was healthy fearless tissue, fighting the big bad cancer, was all just bad tissue. Oh well, I’m more than my breasts and that breast cancer better think twice before moving on. The radiologist did tell me that the characteristics of my lump point to cancer. Hmmmm….

Now we are at: sit and wait. They need 48 hours. Good thing I have chicken nuggets to sling tomorrow and real estating to pay attention to. It will be Thursday before we know the results.

Here’s what I can tell you. When you Google “breast lump or breast cancer” you will not find severe pain, and that it feels like a jellyfish. It doesn’t surprise me that my body needed to present an emergency situation to get me to a doctor. I thank my body daily for sending out that alert. What I can also tell you is that a community of love it critical. Each of you that is taking the time to read this is the reason I am going to kick this diagnosis in the ass. I couldn’t do it without you. Within an hour of being home a village surrounded me and showered me in love (and pink champagne…and wine…and Angelo’s pizza). There is no medicine or treatment stronger than love. SO I WIN!!!

(I did wear my my reindeer slippers today! They make me happy!)