August 22, 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Good news! We have a date for surgery. Tuesday, September 1st, I enter Baylor All Saints at 5:15 am. And if all goes well, surgery begins at 8:30 am.
It will be a five hour surgery so my family will have along wait, so come visit them in the surgery waiting room.
If all goes well, I’ll get out on Thursday and will be at home for the next 10 days, at least. Radiation will follow after that, if necessary. Will try to keep you posted.

August 12, 2009

Note from Judy Cariker about Jane's appointment

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:23 AM
Dear All,

Well for all of you waiting to hear the date for Mom's surgery.... You'll have to wait another week! We did meet with Dr Anita Chow this morning but we won't know the surgery date until next Monday or Tuesday and then it will likely be about 10 days after that. Mom will have a bilateral mastectomy with a sentinal lymph node biopsy and possible dissection. There will be a 2 day post-op stay at Baylor All Saints. That is about all that we know for now.

Mom's count seems to finally be coming back up but this last round of chemo was definitly the hardest.

Keep those prayers, cards, emails and phone calls coming!

Love to all, Judy

August 3, 2009

Tuesday, Augst 3, 2009

We have a date with the surgeon, Dr. Chew, one week from tomorrow at 7:00 am. In the meantime we’ll collect 3 years of mammograms from Insight and Solis and fill out paperwork.
Her name was mentioned to Jackie, our vitamin therapy nurse, and she was thrilled!
Her sister had used Dr. C. for her doctor and the good doctor sat down with all the tests and explained everything in them and what her steps would be. She gave plenty of time for questions. Best news of the day-will spread the news when the date is set.