It all started with a lump on her breast. So she went to the doctor, the doctor sent her for a mamography. The mamography came up negative. Her and the doctor agreed that it was nonsense, so he sent her for an x-ray.
That came up a maybe. So the doctor sent her for an IRM. I went with her to hear the results, for some reason they sent them to her gynecologist that she sees one a year.
We were left waiting for over an hour before she let us in her office.
The woman opened the file and started reading, for 10 minutes and finally said "the results are positive"
My wife smiled, then I said, "what does 'positive' mean?"
there's a tumor
But a small one. A few sessions of radiation therapy, minor surgery and it'll be gone.
Next step, select a hospital and a surgeon. That being done, a new wave of tests and they found pre-cancerous tissue opposite the tumor.
The dumbass that I am, I smiled and said, that's good news, they can get rid of it before it becomes cancer.
Wife is crying, no, it means they have to remove the breast.
So several months of chemo, not sure why they wanted to reduce the size of the tumor if they were just going to take off the whole breast anyway, wife is bald (everywhere).
Then the operation. Went well, I suppose if hacking off a breast is a good thing, at least they got the one they wanted.
She could have stayed in the hospital 6 days, but she wanted out in 2.
Her hair is starting to grow back and radiation thearapy starts in 3 weeks, 5 times a week for 5 weeks.
And an IV injection once a month for 2 years. Some sort of anti breast cancer drug.
And that's where we are today.
The most frustrating is the insurance company that hasn't paid out a dime yet. They ask for a paper, then when they get it, they ask for another one, etc etc... yet they are happy to keep collecting their premiums. Layer friend of mine said they are waiting for us to STOP paying the premiums, then they can pay what is owed and have no obligation for future payments. What a bunch of assholes
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