I’m a little late on giving an update on my cancer journey. So this past Thursday I had consultations with both the breast surgeon and the plastic surgeon. Unfortunately I still don’t have a date for the surgery yet because the breast surgeon would like to get a better look at my left breast to […]
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So the new update after today’s appointment is that there really isn’t an update, lol Today was all about introducing me to the facility, verifying my medical history, and they took some blood to run labs on. I have to say that everyone I met today was so upbeat and positive! It just poured right
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Tomorrow I will be meeting with a team of physicians/nurses/surgeons at The City of Hope (formerly Cancer Treatment Center of America) in Newnan. They have obtained all of my records so far and should give me their opinion of the status of the cancer and what they think viable treatment options may be. I already
I am starting this week off right! I got the Starbucks cup I’ve had my eye on for awhile using my stars , so I only paid about $3.00 for it. I’m reading a book by one of my favorite authors, and in it the main character makes a pot roast for the first time.
It’s the Little Things! Read More »
Man, these feelings keep coming in waves, up and down…. All day I’ve been in a pretty decent mood. Jaxon and I hid some Rachel’s Glorious Creations makes around the Downtown Carrollton area for people to find this morning, and it was so fun to imagine the smiles on faces as they were found. https://rachelsgloriouslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-19-102842516-2.mp4 My cro-jo
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You have more cancer. Well here we go again. I was literally in the middle of creating a post talking about how waiting has been one of the hardest parts of this whole ordeal when my phone began to ring, and it was the doctor calling. “Rachel, the results for your 2nd biopsy have come
Ok, it’s that time again. I’m in the small personal waiting room, waiting for them to take me back. I am glad that I know how it works this time, because my anxiety about the whole thing is almost nonexistent. See ya on the flip side! The flip side: So I am really glad that
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The doctor decided that he wants to do a biopsy of another one of the microcalcification clusters before they develop my treatment plan. It will be the same type of biopsy that I got the first time with the table with the dreaded hole. I am actually glad he decided to do it though, because
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You have cancer. Not the words one ever wants to hear, but unfortunately spoken many times a day to people of all walks of life. I’m sad to say these words were spoken to me this week. I posted on Facebook in early September about going to my first mammogram. I talked a little crap,
