Today I had a great appointment with Dr. Wonderful.  We talked about real life for forty minutes, and cancer for five minutes.  In a middle of the night epiphany last week, I wondered if perhaps Dr. Wonderful was the father of a former student of mine, Junior Wonderful.  Wonderful is not that common of a last name, right?  (Haha!)  Today, I asked Dr. Wonderful about...

So.  If you had a 10am appointment with your favorite oncologist tomorrow morning, what would you bring as a casual yet fantastic gift for Dr. Wonderful and/or his staff?  (I’m trying to think beyond baked goods and getting nowhere.) Or, if you work in the medical field, is there anything that patients bring in that touches you in more than a sugar high kinda...

No.  Cancer.  In.  My.  Liver. Dr. Wonderful called today.  He said, “There are no malignancies in your liver biopsy.  This is good news, but we will still watch this area very closely.” I stood on tippie-toes and did a little jig in the grass on my front lawn.  I said, “Thank you for calling and telling me, and that is such great news.” He...

My spine is clear on the follow-up MRI!!!!!  No suspicious spots, no cancer, no nothing!  Praise the Lord!  Yesterday Dr. Awesome gave us the great pathology news, and today Dr. Wonderful had his turn: the cancer is not in my bones.  We are exuberant. Today Brad and I recharged for the weeks ahead. Tomorrow is all about Maren and Greta.  I probably won’t blog;...

I carry my phone charger around with me all the time now.  It is nearly impossible to keep my phone charged because of the overwhelming amount of conversation that is going on between me, the medical team, and the network of every person I have ever met.  Dr. Wonderful give me a funny look when I reached under his chair to retrieve my wall charger as we were leaving...

*The details of my medical facts are intentionally being withheld.  I have not, and will not, Google anything regarding my diagnosis or treatment, and I don’t want anyone else to either.  What good can come from that?  My doctors are telling me what I need to know, and I am very satisfied with their explanations. My new reality is that I have advanced breast...