I’m so sorry that I have not updated my blog yet…it’s been a couple of weeks of consideration and contemplation over the next steps… A couple of weeks ago Dr.Janania-Martinez called, She excitedly bubbled that she got my results before I did, and was excited to share them with me… I said and??? So she… Continue reading Oncotype Dx score:

I’m HER2 negative… so now we’ll just wait and see what my Oncotype Dx score says about chemo…hoping my score will be low because that would mean Chemotherapy is less likely to make a difference in my case…🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Hi everyone ...So if you’ve been following along I’m about to make a big jump here and wrap things up so I can share my blog with the rest of the world and also be current with my conversations…I must admit I wasn’t quite prepared for the emotional roller coaster that came with scheduling a… Continue reading Bringing you all up to date…

I wish I had more energy to dedicate to this particular post...but unfortunately I’m writing this almost 5 weeks after my consult and I’m exhausted...for the sake of catching everyone up to speed, I’m gonna have to do a brief version of the story for now....bottom line is that everywhere I looked, All signs were… Continue reading Surgical Consult

The following weekend brought more waiting and by midday Monday I was getting antsy so around 3 o’clock I called Dr. Qalbani to see if he had the pathology results also knowing that once those results we’re available I would finally be able to set up an appointment with my surgical team. Dr. Q called… Continue reading Biopsy(Round 2) Results

After what seemed like the longest week of my life, April 7 finally arrived. The appointment was the clinics first one of the day so we made our way down to Sioux City bright and early that morning. I’m going to do my best to wrap this up using fewer words so it’s easier to… Continue reading Stereotactic Biopsy: Round 2

On April 5th I had to go down to Sioux City to get a biopsy done at the dermatologist for a area of rough/flakey skin on my face(which ended up being nothing but scar tissue)...I’ve had another doctors appointment up in Orange city and it was a beautiful sunny day I was listening to my… Continue reading Three Little Birds

Brian ended up with Covid the weekend I found out about my cancer(thanks Daytona Bike week🤣)...I wasn’t feeling the best so I had to reschedule my MRI for at least 10 days after my symptoms appeared(I ended up actually testing positive and I had been sick for several days before that...But honestly I was just… Continue reading MRI (and results)

OK now we’re getting into the real deets... Friday the 19th I was just moving through my usual routine, not really even thinking about any “breast stuff”. Really I can’t say that I had any pain at all...maybe a little bit of tenderness and a sense of heaviness in that breast but nothing really uncomfortable.My… Continue reading Incoming call from Denver…