Friday, August 21, 2020

My Breast Cancer Timeline

One of my cancer club sisters shared her timeline on her blog. I have loved it, because comparing mine to hers has made the days and days and days of waiting seem less absurd and just kind of the norm.

So, here's mine. I'll [hopefully] keep it updated as this journey progresses.

2020:
July 15 - Routine Mammogram (should have been in March but COVID-19 scared me off)
July 23 - Notification of Abnormal Results
July 29 - Ultrasound
August 3 - Core Biopsy
August 4 - Diagnosis: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 1 (isn't "carcinoma" a hideous word???)
August 7 - First Surgical Consult
August 10 - Genetic Testing
August 14 - MRI
August 18 - MRI Results (new tumor located)
August 19 - Fantastic Genetic Results (BRCA negative)
August 20 - Second Ultrasound
August 27 - Second Biopsy (MRI-Assisted)
August 28 - Second Surgical Consult Late but GREAT 2nd Biopsy Results: BENIGN
August 31 - Second Surgical Consult
September 3 - Surgery (partial mastectomy, otherwise known as lumpectomy)
September 14 - Post-Surgery Consult
September 21 - Oncotype Result News (6 out of 100 = NO CHEMO!)
September 24 - Radiation Oncologist Consultation
September 29 - Medical Oncologist Consultation/CT Scan for Radiation Mapping
October 6 - "Official" Mapping Appointment
October 7 - First day of actual radiation therapy
October 8 and 9 - Radiation Treatments #2 and #3
October 12 through 16 - Radiation Treatments #4 through #8
October 19 through 23 - Radiation Treatments #9 through #13
October 26 through 30 - Radiation Treatments #14 through #18
November 2 and 3 - Radiation Treatments #19 and #20
November 4 - FINAL RADIATION TREATMENT!
November 10 - Medical Oncologist Follow-Up
November 16 - First day of Tamoxifen
December 17 - Medical Oncologist Exam

1 comment:

Andi Hasley said...

I got the timeline idea from another sister in this crappy club. It helps me still to see just how much time has passed. You've got this!