Scary Days

Today I had to take some big breaths.

The past 2 days I have been waiting to hear from my oncology gynocologist.  Wednesday morning I went and had my internal scan to check the lining of my uterus since being on Tamoxifen.  I had ignored my oncologist and breast surgeon, and thought it might be good for me to get a baseline scan before starting Tamoxifen since it can thicken the uterus lining and cause uterine cancer.

Thankfully my onco gyno agreed with me and gave me the referral back in August last year. It had been 6 months and I had a referral for another one.  I received a call from the ultrasound clinic by 11am advising that there was something picked up in the scan when comparing my baseline scan.  He was sending through the report to her and she will decide the next course of action.

So I have been patiently waiting for 2 days.  This afternoon I received the call from her rooms....and thankfully she sees no hurry to do anything right now.  Take a breath.

She has suggested that we watch and wait.  I have a 7mm polyp in my uterus, but it has no blood supply.  She is not worried at this point.  So we are relieved for now anyway.  I might consider a hysterectomy or at least a curette, but will wait for her written letter and seeing her at a later date.  As I have always taken affirmative action throughout this process, I might push for doing something rather than waiting.

I received some other good news that Jana got in to the high school that we wanted, Our Ladies of Mercy College (OLMC).  Some of Jana's friends didn't get an offer, so there was some text messages and nail biting moments. Heidi volunteered to swing by my letterbox while I was at work to put us all out of our misery.  And she phoned with the good news.   Take another breath.

Tomorrow is Jana's Confirmation night so we have been getting organised for that.

John's last day today as well - he will be a house husband for a little while - at least until he gets another job.  So far he hasnt had much luck securing anything, but at least the redundancy will see us through.