Not That I Don't Love the Attention

But it does get difficult appropriately responding to all the very kind phone calls, emails, texts, and facebook messages from the large number of wonderful people I have either tricked into being my friends or who are stuck with me because we're family. Thanks, guys. It really does mean a lot to know you're thinking of me (especially when your thoughts are accompanied by food - just sayin').

However, to streamline the whole process, I've decided to start this blog so there's an easy one-stop shop to get up to date on what you're all dying to know about: my boobs. Yeah, you're welcome in advance.

So here's what's going on so far (skip past this if you're not WebMD-ing along at home):

I have an approximately 3 cm lump. It's invasive ductal carcinoma, and the cells are moderately to poorly differentiated. At this point it doesn't seem like lymph nodes are involved, but who knows until they pop them open and check. I met with Dr. Beth Siegel at NYU Cancer Center yesterday, who seems nice and competent, and she scheduled me for a PET/CT scan, an MRI, and a mammogram. I had the PET scan this morning and the the MRI / mammogram are next Tuesday. I also spoke with someone at Sloan-Kettering today, and they are having a nurse read over my file to see whether I should be scheduled to meet first with a surgeon or a medical oncologist.

That's all the information I have right now, but I'll try to update this regularly so that I can hopefully spend less time talking cancer, and have more time to sit on a tuffet, eat bonbons, and pull the cancer card with enough success to get free appetizers at restaurants.