Three years to the day my sister, Amy, beat breast cancer. How is it possible that I just received this phone call…
I just received a phone call from my breast surgeon.
“Melissa, I wanted to call you with the news. I didn’t want you to have to wait all weekend.”
The suspense… My heart… Ahhhh!!! What is it!?!?!
“Melissa, you had a complete pathological response to treatment. There is no residual cancer in the tissue we took out or in the lymph nodes.”
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!
“Yay! Thank you so much for telling me! Thank you so much!”
“We’ll talk about more about what that means at your next doctor’s appointment.” (August 24th)
So… I just beat cancers booty… I just beat cancer’s booty!
“Whoa!
I feel good,
I knew that I would, now.
I feel good, I knew that I would.
So good! So good!”
James Brown’s crazy song is playing in my head! I feel good! So good! Hurray!!! We did it! Thank you God!!!
I am so happy! I am ecstatic!!!
At the last appointment prior to my surgery my breast surgeon told me that I had a 20% chance of having a complete response to treatment… just 20%, folks! That means that 80% of people still have cancer cells in their breast tissue or lymph nodes found during the mastectomy. She said that the good news was that actually the more aggressive cancers, mine being one of them, actually respond to chemotherapy better.
I have been waiting patiently for this news and I am so incredibly thankful! She still hasn’t told me whether or not I will need radiation… but the news that I just received has me wanting to scream!!!! Together with God, my medical team, my family and friends, my church support… We did it! Praise the Lord!