Yeah, decided to start a thread about this, just a place to put everything that is happening with this.
We've been dealing with my wife's Lupus for over 25 years now, so we've had some rather scary stuff happen. She's had the pain, odd reactions to some things, and even a scare with kidney failure (diagnosed with stage 3 failure, went vegan/vegetarian to fight it). So we've lived with this giant cloud over our long term future for quite a while now.
So, wife went in for a mammogram on January 4th, just a routine thing. Mammogram showed some spots of concern, so a ultrasound was ordered and conducted. They decided that it needed further testing. Had a biopsy of the spots and lymph nodes nearby on January 9th. Test came back on January 11th that it was breast cancer, but not in the lymph system. Told we would be getting a call to schedule stuff with MD Anderson cancer center in Houston. Didn't hear from them on the 12th. Weekend, MLK Holiday, didn't expect any calls. Icepocalypse falls on Texas the morning of January 16th. Houston closed January 16th and most of January 17th. Still haven't heard from MD Anderson scheduling.
So today, my wife called her local doctor to make sure that everything had been forwarded to Houston. They check, and confirm that it was sent. So they call down there, within an hour wife is on the phone doing the preliminary info dump to get into their system for scheduling, told that the actual scheduler is in a conference and will get with her right after lunch. 3pm rolls around and wife calls them back to find out if there is an issue since she hadn't heard from them. Scheduler is dealing with a case from hell, but her assistant is able to get the scheduling on the calendar.
So we're heading to Houston's MD Anderson main campus for appointments on February 5, 6, and 7. Exam, surgery, and oncologist on the consecutive days. Wife has to get her past 3 years of medical records with her physically (on disc) and we start at 6:30 am on that Monday.
Until then, we're just dealing with family trying to be too helpful (for now).
BTW, if the oncology portion is on the heavier end of the scale and she loses her hair, the wife is planning on getting a purple wig. This is not a joke, and she means LSU purple.
We've been dealing with my wife's Lupus for over 25 years now, so we've had some rather scary stuff happen. She's had the pain, odd reactions to some things, and even a scare with kidney failure (diagnosed with stage 3 failure, went vegan/vegetarian to fight it). So we've lived with this giant cloud over our long term future for quite a while now.
So, wife went in for a mammogram on January 4th, just a routine thing. Mammogram showed some spots of concern, so a ultrasound was ordered and conducted. They decided that it needed further testing. Had a biopsy of the spots and lymph nodes nearby on January 9th. Test came back on January 11th that it was breast cancer, but not in the lymph system. Told we would be getting a call to schedule stuff with MD Anderson cancer center in Houston. Didn't hear from them on the 12th. Weekend, MLK Holiday, didn't expect any calls. Icepocalypse falls on Texas the morning of January 16th. Houston closed January 16th and most of January 17th. Still haven't heard from MD Anderson scheduling.
So today, my wife called her local doctor to make sure that everything had been forwarded to Houston. They check, and confirm that it was sent. So they call down there, within an hour wife is on the phone doing the preliminary info dump to get into their system for scheduling, told that the actual scheduler is in a conference and will get with her right after lunch. 3pm rolls around and wife calls them back to find out if there is an issue since she hadn't heard from them. Scheduler is dealing with a case from hell, but her assistant is able to get the scheduling on the calendar.
So we're heading to Houston's MD Anderson main campus for appointments on February 5, 6, and 7. Exam, surgery, and oncologist on the consecutive days. Wife has to get her past 3 years of medical records with her physically (on disc) and we start at 6:30 am on that Monday.
Until then, we're just dealing with family trying to be too helpful (for now).
BTW, if the oncology portion is on the heavier end of the scale and she loses her hair, the wife is planning on getting a purple wig. This is not a joke, and she means LSU purple.
