MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006 07:51 PM, CDT
5/15/06Thank you so much for your prayers. I am feeling better and better every day and am trying to heal from this surgery and prepare for the next one.From what we know now, I will have to have a hysterectomy as soon as I am able and start chemotherapy thereafter. I will go in tomorrow to my doctor here in San Angelo to have my staples removed. My doctor said that it would be in my best interest to go to MD Anderson and let their team take over completely because I am only 26 and the doctors here do not have the experience needed to deal with my case. By Friday, MD Anderson should have reviewed all of my tests and we should have more of a "game plan" for what we will need to do. My doctor has predicted that we will probably need to be in Houston by next Monday to schedule my next surgery and start treatments. There will be doctors there that will specialize in cases like mine. It sounds like we will be in Houston for quite a while.Right now it's a lot of hurry up and wait. I still feel like this is all a bad dream, but I wake up every morning with the realization it is not. I have had a few visitors and I feel much better when I have people around me. Anyone who would like to stop by or call is certainly welcomed to. I appreciate any encouragement I can get. My family and/or I will try to keep you posted as best we can.~Heather~