Dear family & friends-
{Totally aware that this is a lengthy email. Do you expect anything else from me?? LOL! So the highlighted areas give you a brief overview! or if you're up for it or have a good chunk of time (Dang! It is REALLY Long, isn't it? Oops! Sorry! I really don't try to talk so much! LOL. So funny!), Feel free to read the whole thing.}
As most of you know, our family was planning on leaving Fargo in July for a Once in a Lifetime Adventure. We had prayed long and hard about it and have felt the Lord direct us there. We are so excited!!! But we also recognize that sometimes His ways are not our ways and His time is not always our time. We have run into a little bump in the road (not to make light of the situation but we mean that literally). Hopefully, we are still going but our timeline may be shifted a bit. We thought we would let you be aware of what is going on so that if we are still in Fargo in July, you won't think we just made the whole Adventure up. LOL!
Our New Adventure (as we have begun to call it) started last Monday. In preparation for our Physicals we have to pass, I went in to the doctors office to have bump checked out in my right breast. (Hence our bump in the road analogy LOL) You know- get it all cleared so we could pass our physicals with flying colors next week. Well, after 2 doctor appointments being canceled because my doctor called in sick, another doctor in the office got me in. The rest of the day was a blur. It was filled with Ultrasounds, a breast biopsy as a precaution for another lump they found, and a mammogram. Everyone was very nice, they even chatted about our move and I went home. They said they would call in 2 days with the results. I had had a blessing that said I'd have the health and strength that I needed so we felt relieved that in 2 days, we'd know and move on with real life. Well, remember how we talked about His ways not being our ways?We got a phone call early the next morning from Dr. Goldenberg, the doctor who had done the biopsy. He had some "bad news". In the Biopsy, they found traces of DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ) and IDC (Invasive ductal carcinoma) in 5 of the tissues samples. In human terms (and for my sake- who makes up these words anyways?) that means they found Breast Cancer.
Are you kidding me???? It's like a bad script to a movie or something. To put it very lightly- we were a bit in shock! In the next two days, I had more phone calls from doctors and nurses than I have ever had in my whole life. Boy- do they know how to overwhelm someone! Guess that's what they get paid the big bucks for? LOL We have felt about every emotion in the book this week. Brett and I have laughed, cried, been ticked off, laughed some more, felt complete shock, confused and laughed even harder. I am so glad we have each other! (Cuz we are pretty funny, don't ya know?) One of my favorite quotes (it's even on my blog, ya know!) is from Marjorie Pay Hinckley. She said, “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.” I hope people aren't offended but we are choosing to keep it as light & funny as possible. (I mean without being committed for insanity)
We are working on a way to keep you updated with what is going on. Probably on a blog or something? Did you know that I blogged??? LOL! Not sure how I expect people to react because frankly, we aren't sure how to react either. I'd like to just pretend it's not happening at all but I am aware that that is called DENIAL (LOL!) so I figure if I write about it then you can read it as you wish. That doesn't mean we can't talk about it by any means. It's just that we know we will have days where we don't want to talk about it. Believe me- I've already had those days. (So if I turn off the ringer on my phone don't be offended LOL) I am a "talker" so I'm sure there will be days that I'd like to talk about it as well. But just thinking about repeating the story over & over & over again gives me a headache. We want people to know that we are totally open to talk about it but for all the fine details- we'd appreciate it if you would just read about it. One thing I never realized about Cancer patients was that they are still completely normal (what is normal anyways?) people with real, everyday lives. Not that I knew what to think about them but for some reason it kind of feels like life should stop when you're dealing with something like this. Unfortunately, it doesn't! I just really don't want to be the "weird" girl on the block! [I mean I'm already gonna be bald and... OK! never mind... I'll leave the other details to mine & Brett's personal jokes) We still want to "ParTay" like usual, hang out with friends, call people, laugh with people, cry with people. You know- all the normal stuff. Just with a little less energy and a lot less hair! LOL
So far, this is what we know...
We have met with a TEAM of Cancer Specialists (Oh yah- I got my own TEAM, people! Let's just call it TEAM SHAY, LOL) It was a very, very long day and so much information that my head might explode but here's the short version. I have one more doctor's appointment Thursday and then I have an MRI set up for Monday the 16th. That will tell us if anything else is going on anywhere else. Depending on the results, we will either schedule surgery or Chemo to start within the next week. Either way, life will take a dramatic turn in reality for us with by the end of April.
We have always felt a lot of support from our friends and family. We know that many of you have or have had trials in your lives and appreciate your examples. Your success stories fill us with hope for our situation. We will take all the prayers we can get and feel good about leaving this in the Lord's hands and seeing how this "bump" in the road turns out. But just wanted to let everyone know that we might be in Fargo a little longer than mid-July.
Lots of Love and hope-
Shay, Brett & the rest of the Seamons Fam
PS Let us know if you'd like to be invited to our blog with all our cancer info. We are going to make it a private one!
PSS Feel free to pass this along to other that might need to know. Thanks!
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