First of all, I must say that the Oncologist is SUPER nice. My mom loved her.
Second, I must say that when you walk into the cancer center, it's like another world. There were bald heads, people in wigs, People with decorated canes, etc. One woman came in ALL dressed up. She looked like a superstar. The women all seemed to know who she was immediately. I was literally drawn to the lady because of her personality. She was so FULL of life and good spirits. Those are the kind of people my mom needs to be hanging out with right now. The women all began comparing wigs. I was shocked that some of them were wearing wigs because I could NOT tell at all. There are some really nice wigs out there! The one lady started telling me how when she wears her red wig, she's "Sasha". Her brown wig is "Jenny". Today she was "Lola" because she had on her grey wig. They were asking each other who got sick yesterday and who didn't.
About 6 women got called back at once to get their Chemo treatment. When we walked past the Chemo room, you would have thought they were having a party because of the laughing, carrying on and conversations.
Anyways....
The doc said that there are two types of my moms type of cancer. One is adenocarcinoma. The other is Papillary Serous carcinoma. She said the first type is the one that is in over 75% of the cases. She said it was hard to tell which type my mom has. If it's Adeno, then the prognosis is VERY good and surgery alone may be all she needs with possibly a short round of radiation or chemo to kill any remaining cells. If it's the Papillary type, then she will more than likely have to go through radiation or chemo because that type easily escapes and goes to other areas of the body.
Her surgery is scheduled for January 19th. She has to get clearance from the Cardiologist. The oncologist said that if they say it's too dangerous for her to undergo surgery, then she will have to have chemo and radiation immediately. The chances of them not giving her the ok is slim. She goes to the cardiologist on the 4th.
I also found out today that the doctors suspect that my grandma may have cancer. My mom said she's fed up with my grandma and just can't worry about it anymore, but that my grandma has a lymph node in the abdominal area that is large. The doctor has told her repeatedly to let him do some tests, but my grandma won't let him. My grandma thinks that problems will go away on their own if you ignore them. She's always been that way. Her sister died from ovarian cancer at a young age and I don't know if it's fear or what. So, that's just one more thing for my mom to worry about. I told her that she can't worry about that right now because she needs her energy for her own fight against her cancer.
I feel much better today and I really believe that things will be ok. I had a good cry at church last night and we had an amazing prayer session. The Holy Spirit was there. You could feel the presence.
I'll be a nervous wreck on surgery day. Every single time I walk into the hospital, I have flashbacks of when the doctor came out and told me about my moms heart 2 years ago. The thought of her having surgery again worries me sick, but I'm trying to believe that she'll have no problems.
