Visit to the Surgeon's office

We went to the surgeon's office today and had some good news. The cancer is Stage 1 and there are numerous options to choose from for treatment. We will be seeing a radiation oncologist and plastic surgeon in the next week and surgery will be in 2 or 3 weeks. Hopefully, after seeing the other doctors, the decision will be easier to make. We still plan to get a second opinion and it's encouraged by the surgeon. Although it's still a scary time for us we are much relieved at the positive news today and feel even more positive about a good outcome. Now it's time to study all the materials we've received. We'll keep you posted.

Doctor visit

Today Donna went to the primary care doctor because she had a physical already scheduled. The good news is that other than having cancer, she's in good health! She got some more surgeons' names and is in the process of getting appointments set up. She's going for two opinions before making a decision about what type of surgery she'll have. The lab report said it's "carcinoma with ductal and lobular involvement". Not sure exactly what that means but we'll keep learning more as we go along. Thanks so much for the emails, phone calls and especially prayers from all of you.

Still in Portland, OR

As we've said, we're in Portland, OR, for a while. Today we found out we'd be here longer than we had planned. Donna has been diagnosed with breast cancer and we've decided to stay here for her treatment. That's the bad news. The good news is that it's very small (8 millimeters) and was found on a regular yearly checkup. We don't know the next step yet, but will be finding out more next week. We'll keep you all informed on the blog and in personal emails/phone calls. Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts. Thanks so much.