Real life with Lar

Being Proactive and Grateful The perfect combo for making the best of a bad situation! Now that the MRI was complete the next step on my journey was to see the breast surgeon, or so I thought it was. Turns out the next step was to get an axilla ultrasound. This will look at my lymph nodes. (Under the armpit!🙋 Thank God I shaved the night before! 😎) Apparently, the MRI showed that one of my lymph nodes looked highly suspicious. I'm going to keep it real: my heart sank. Just when I was feeling confident that I had a grip on my diagnosis, another obstacle happened. Of course after verifying that the lymph node did in fact look large and suspicious a biopsy was preformed. Now another test to wait and see. My breast surgeon, Dr Hatmaker, is amazing. She is so thorough, telling me everything I need to know and then some. She was calming and did her best to reassure me that she will be right there with me on this journey. Besides my primary care physician and OB/GYN, Dr....

Do your boobs hang low? (Sung to the tune 'Do your ears hang low?'😉) When diagnosed with breast cancer you feel sucker punched. After the initial shock, a decision has to made: will I be a victim and give up or will I fight? I chose to fight. I'm finding that each new step on this journey to healing comes with new fears or obstacles. The latest fear I had to overcome was the MRI tube. I am NOT a fan of closed spaces. Now before you say, "Lar, there are openings on both ends" let me respond by saying,"Don't care. I am in a tube!" The only thing meant for a tube is toothpaste, in my opinion.   The good news is there is this wonderful thing called valium.   The doctor prescribed me this magical pill to take 30 minutes before the procedure. Afterwards, I couldn't care less about being in the tube. When I arrived at the hospital the day of the procedure, I was nervous but had my pill to help me. After filling out the paperwork I was ta...