Lifes Adventures - Breast Cancer & Survivorship 101: Tuesday - March 30th

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tuesday - March 30th - Surgery Scheduled

Another day in the great adventure of cancer. We saw Dr. Schauer this morning, I'm scheduled for a Modified Radical Mastectomy on Monday - the day after Easter. I think that modified and radical are actually mutually exclusive terms. Katrina just said that's "Rad". Rick and I spent the day in Eugene, doing the pre-op appointment and I had a MRI with contrast to give the doctor a better picture. Never eat before having one of those, it's a really bad idea, you lay so that all your weight is pushing all of that wonderful Cafe Yumm food up into your throat. After a couple of weeks I'll see an oncologist and start chemo, more on that later. They will also be placing a porta-cath for the chemo.

Have a great Holy Week and Easter and please keep us in your prayers,

TTFN,
Linda

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chrissyMarch 30, 2010 at 11:24 PM
i hope your okay
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SandraMarch 31, 2010 at 2:30 AM
Linda, I appreciate your taking time to make this blogg. I know your aim is to help others as you get a chance to better understand your own journey down this road. You have done a lovely job on your layout and content. This will be a special Easter for me because of you. I know you and your family will cherish this Easter in a new way as well. All my love to you.
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Rob and TinaMarch 31, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Praying for you and your family, that He will give you all strength, courage, comfort and patience for this journey... for wisdom for the doctors, a successful surgery and quick recovery. May He provide you all with the peace only He can give. In the name of our sweet Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Love you sis. Rob & Tina
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ReeseMay 2, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Mom, you are the strongest person that I have ever known. You have taught me how to be a strong person, and how to make it thru life on a daily basis. I cannot tell you how much I admire you and strive to be as good of a person, mother and friend as you are and have always been.
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O QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, Most Holy Virgin, we venerate thee. Thou art the beloved Daughter of the Most High God, the chosen Mother of the Incarnate Word, the Immaculate Spouse of the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Vessel of the Most Holy Trinity.
O Mother of the Divine Redeemer, who under the title of Our Lady of Good Remedy comes to the aid of all who call upon thee, extend thy maternal protection to us. We depend on thee, Dear Mother, as helpless and needy children depend on a tender and caring mother.

Hail, Mary....

O LADY OF GOOD REMEDY, source of unfailing help, grant that we may draw from thy treasury of graces in our time of need.
Touch the hearts of sinners, that they may seek reconciliation and forgiveness. Bring comfort to the afflicted and the lonely; help the poor and the hopeless; aid the sick and the suffering. May they be healed in body and strengthened in spirit to endure their sufferings with patient resignation and Christian fortitude.

Hail, Mary....

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On my part, O loving Mother, I pledge myself to a more intensely Christian lifestyle, to a more careful observance of the laws of God, to be more conscientious in fulfilling the obligations of my state in life, and to strive to be a source of healing in this broken world of ours.
Dear Lady of Good Remedy, be ever present to me, and through thy intercession, may I enjoy health of body and peace of mind, and grow stronger in the faith and in the love of thy Son, Jesus.

Hail, Mary.....

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of Good Remedy,
R. That we may deepen our dedication to thy Son, and make the world alive with His Spirit.

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