Thursday, June 16th is the beginning of the end of this journey! I will be going into surgery to have all of this cancer removed from my body so that the rest of my life can begin!
I have many things I have to do in order to get ready for this surgery to occur. I have to go to Dr. Jason to have a form filled out and blood taken to ensure my body is ready for surgery. I have to go back to Skokie to meet with Dr. Lu, his nurse Lauren and his assistant Freddie. I have to go in the day before and have the lymph nodes checked to allow Dr. Ganshirt know how many he needs to remove. I was going to have to have a chest x-ray but luckily for me I was sick in January and we did one to ensure it was not pneumonia. WOW! I thought I had to endure so much while going through the chemo but this will be a tornado of events in this short amount of time.
I also have to get the girls schedule all planned out and know who to ask for help. I will have to set up all scenarios and know that everyone around me will keep everything going without me.
I will need to get myself ready to be down for the count and I will have to recover at mom and dad's since the Sunday after surgery Keith and the girls will go off to their camping trip....OH boy! I have to get all their needs met for the trip before the end of next week! I will have to start packing for them today. It really will be worth all of this!
I am so relieved to have a date and know we really are moving forward. As I have been home and not having chemo these past weeks I have felt a little in limbo. At least when I was having chemo I was able to count down to the end of it. These past weeks made me feel like I was slacking off since I was not working other than working to get stronger and ready for this moment.
Everyone who has heard about the date so far has been wonderful about asking what they can do. I am not sure all I need yet but I know I will ask! This is the best lesson I have learned over these months! I will ask for everyone's prayers and there will be a time for each to help!
Thank you for holding me up and helping me get to this point!
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