“I’m calling with good news!”
Those may be the sweetest words ever spoken.
“The new cancer is hormone receptor positive for progesterone and estrogen! There will be no need for chemo before surgery!”
Y’all. I have never really understood the true and full meaning of the word relief until today. Dr. Johnson told me this, and my legs just about gave out. My whole body just felt so bright like a light bulb that just got turned on for the first time. I physically felt the stress lift right out of my body.
I cried.
I laughed.
I 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅.
Those breaths were just so clean, pure, and whole. I felt them in the depths of my soul.
I am so glad that the bad news finally ended. I can’t even convey to you just how much I needed a win. We know everything we need to know to move forward! We are no longer stagnant! This absolutely horrifying and tedious limbo has come to an end. We are no longer snowballing.
The next step is to schedule the surgery, and I expect that I should get the phone call for that sometime next week.
I am going to sleep so well tonight. I am so thankful.
-Rachel