March 5, 2017 - four short years ago, we took this photo in Cozumel, on our first dive trip and a rare non-racing vacation. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard or had so much fun.
March 5, 2021 - post op day four from a bilateral mastectomy. Life sometimes changes in an instant, sometimes more slowly, but nothing is a guarantee and no one should be taken for granted. Now more than ever, I know each day is a gift.
Today’s gift came in the form a phone call from my surgeon - my pathology results are reassuring and my lymph nodes have no signs of cancer, which means I dodged the radiation bullet for now. Ted the 3.4 cm tumor is gone, with clean margins and no signs of spread. My right breast was a healthy sacrifice in my fight against breast cancer.
Before they put me under on Monday, anesthesia told me to visualize a happy place, and I went to Cozumel in my mind. @beewood17 I hope we can go back for real soon. For today, I can breathe a little easier knowing there’s no radiation in my immediate future.
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