Coolest Hair on a Doctor I've Ever Seen.

First off, There's no new cancer. The biopsy came back as complex hyperplasia which basically means overgrown cells/tissue. They "grade" it as four levels with the fourth being the one that definitely has cancer cells. I was graded to the Third level. And there is no evidence that this kind of thing progresses to Four. However, she highly recommends a full hysterectomy... YES!!!! I've never had a female doctor. Now I have the coolest black, female GYN oncologist you could ever hope to meet. At least I think she's black. She might not be. I sort of assumed. Her office staff is AMAZING. If you're in Las Vegas and you need a GYN oncologist I highly recommend Camille Falkner. Not only is she an impressive doctor she has the coolest hair I've ever seen. Think Kramer only with tiny tiny spiral curls. The front is gray, well, her hairline all the way around is gray. I will have to try and get a photo. My GYN recommended her because she felt our personalities would mesh well. I guess that's important for the doctor/patient relationship. After meeting Dr. Falkner I realized why I was sent there. Are you ready?? And this is how her office staff described her.... "She has a calming effect on people. If you're nervous, once she starts talking with you, you will calm right down" See what happened there? I guess I'm the overexitable, hyperactive, freak-out kind of patient who needs a calm doctor. Well, of course I am!!! While I was waiting to hear the results of the biopsy my brain had me with no cancer, all the way to only having 6 months to live. Yes, I appreciate the calm doctor! Surgery will happen in a couple of weeks. After everything is lined out and all the pre-op stuff is done. And I even get to be at the hospital that is closest to our house. Here we go... Keep the Faith

Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man?

Well hello, all. I haven't written in so long. I figured no one wants to hear the boring details of cancer treatment recovery. The body has it's way of coping with being poisoned, stabbed, burned and medicated. And sometimes it fights back. Sometimes the treatment causes its very own problems. For instance Robin Roberts from Good Morning America developed blood cancer as a result of the chemotherapy to fight her breast cancer. This is always a concern. I've been having girlie part troubles for a while and the hormone blocking medication I take (Tamoxifen) causes some of it. A visit to my GYN confirmed that the thickening of the womb has happened. Most women my age have a lining that is 1/2 a centimeter. Mine is 5 centimeters. The concern is that there is endometrial cancer hiding in it. Of course, when I got home from the appointment the first thing I did was get online to see what this is all about. We won't really know much until the biopsy has been tested and possibly until after the hysterectomy. Yes. More waiting. I'm used to that. My husband is very funny. When he goes with me to doctor appointments there are always posters on the wall showing all sorts of diseases. Being the pretend hypochondriac that he is, he immediately assumes he has every disease shown. Visit the cardiologist...he suddenly has chest pain. You get the idea. During the biopsy appointment he looked around at the posters and breathed a sigh of relief. No imagined diseases here...he doesn't have the right parts! At that moment I thought, "Why can't a woman be more like a man??" We should know this week what the results are for endometrial cancer. Next week we will know the date of the surgery, but from what I hear it will be before March and I will be out of commission for at least 2 weeks. So....we live in Vegas and have an extra room...anyone wanna come play and hangout with me??? haha. I know you all are fighting your own difficult battles. That's what this life is all about. I'm so impressed with how many of you just dig in and give it your all. I get strength from all of you. Thank you for sharing your lives with me. I'll keep you posted and in the mean time... Keep the Faith.