2nd Biopsy is clear!

Thanks PJ and Julia!

I am so relieved. But not so fast. you know, we still have a road ahead of us, and I am now very cautious about getting my hopes up. Maybe when it has been a year since the lumpectomy and I get a clean mammo...maybe then I will celebrate.

I am going to take it easy, take it slow. This biopsy was so painful! I just know that I will do fine with whatever happens from now on. I got my family on my side, and all my friends have really rallied for me.

At first I thought I could do this alone. But I see now that I can't. And I feel changed. I feel very changed. More serious...more contemplative...pensive.

Here's hoping for clean nodes, and a docile tumor! CHEERS! And love to all of you amazing women that have been my company, answered my questions, shared your story, and given support from so far away. You are all on my mind, always.

Haven't got a date for the surgery yet, but I will keep you posted.

Love, Peg.

Cancer will change you, Peggie - if you let it. I hope eventually you feel more serene - more at peace with yourself, and with the world. Better able to shrug offf what doesn't matter, and to deal lovingly with what does. I can tell you're a woman who'll get to this point - the journey may be long, as you say. But it ends in a good place indeed.

Let me know if you need any more input about that mastectomy decision, OK?

Peace- PJH