Dr. Ig and more

I'm using this really crappy keyboard at a friend's place, so, apologies for the spelling mistakes. Today was, what I thought, the big day. I knew I wouldn't get any chemo, but I also knew the doctor I'd see would tell me ALL about it.

Turns out I am wrong once again, but this time, it's not my fault. The new guy, Dr. Ig, who's also going to take care of me, greeted me in his office about 30 minutes late, but he apologized and seemed sincere. He started by going over everything I had told Dr. D, to make sure no mistakes were made. He then told me that he was a bit disappointed because "hospital 1" hadn' t done all the possible tests on the tumour samples. Because of that, he couldn't make the decision of which kind of chemo was most appropriate for me. Bugger...

Because I changed hospitals, "hospital 1" will have to send my samples to the new hospital, I don't know, by helicopter or something. So that Dr. Ig can do the necessary tests. Unfortunately, if it appears that the samples are too damaged or not plenty enough... I will have to do an other tru-cut biopsy. Grrrrrrrrr... that is super bad news. Wasn't it painful enough the first time, guys?

Anyway, there's more. I will definitely definitely do chemo BEFORE surgery. That's set. But maybe I will have to take some pills first. Those pills are a killer for your reproductive system. Basically, your periods can stop for about 2 or 3 years. I asked the doctor if I could end up sterile after everything, and he said yes. I'm staying positive though. He told me I could ask for my eggs to be frozen until I'm healed, just in case. But he added the procedure was still experimental. If everything's alright, I will see a specialist on the 22nd and have the intervention on the 24th already by Dr. D., so I'm not too worried... for now. He will make three or four tiny holes in my tummy and remove the needed eggs. It will be like an avant-goût of the big surgery later.

What else? I won't have the tumour samples' results until the 2nd of July, not before :( and from then on everything will go superfast. I will have a crash course on all the nasty effects of chemo on the body, do my sessions, surgery, and more chemo+radiation. How exciting... I'm crossing my fingers for everything to go smoothly.

One more thing, I have an appointment with a certain Dr. A at the end of August. He's gonna be able to tell me if I'm BRCA+ or -. If it's positive, it'll mean I have the cancer gene and my kids could get, and also my sister and niece, and mum.

Apart from that, everything is super duper, right?