On the Job Support

We received an email over the weekend from a friend who works in marketing and the client they serve is NASCAR. She sent a heartfelt email that last week, below is a segment of the email:

"Tomorrow M&M is running their Susan G. Komen car in the Charlotte race. We have hospitality at the track and will all be dressed in our Komen gear (including Kyle Busch), pink M&M's, the works! I realize you can't turn your head this months without seeing a pink ribbon but I just want to let you know that this event has meant more to me than any other this year and I will be thinking of you all weekend."

Way to go NASCAR!

Date Announced

We just received word that the surgery is scheduled for November 3 at 12:30

More Good News

We just received a call this morning from the doctors office that the genetic test that was run last week on Liz came back completely negative. For more information on the BRCA test -

Thank you for all the cards

We got home from our camping trip yesterday and checked the mail, outnumbering the junk mail were numerous cards for Liz. She was extremely moved by the show of support in the funny, serious and heartfelt cards that she received. We are continuing to do well as we await the surgery date. The cards, emails and prayers mean more than you could imagine.

Walking in Utah

This weekend out in Utah the American Cancer Society is hosting a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. My brother is an AP at a school out in Salt Lake City and the volley ball team that he coaches is participating in the walk and to show their support for Liz they are wearing pink bandannas.

Thanks Matt D. that is awesome.

Some good news - finally

Liz had a PETScan today and we just heard back on the results - the test showed, other than the cancer in her breast, the rest of her body is clear.

PETScan

Today Liz was scheduled for a PETScan but as life often does, it was not as planned. The day began not with her PETScan instead our PET...Buddy. For those who don't know about Buddy I have included a picture which should answer any questions. Buddy awoke this morning with the normal curiosity of a 9 month old puppy. In his travel from the crate to the living know doubt on his way to give Marley (10 year old black lab) a hard time, Buddy came upon a bowl of grapes. When Liz came downstairs to get the boys off to the bus and get ready for her appointment she found a pile of grape stems on the ground. A call to the vet prompted her to put Buddy in the car and off they went to the vets office. For those without dogs or who have not had the good fortune of a grape eating dog - grapes are BAD! She dropped Buddy off and the vet did what any parent might do if their kid swallows something that they shouldn't - ipecac. The story ends well of course, Buddy no longer has grapes in his tummy and our wallet is little lighter. Oh and Liz did have her PETScan before returning to pickup Buddy.

No Surprises!

The appointment with the surgeon today went as expected; we did not receive any surprises from her regarding the results or the way forward. After today's appointment we have the following timeline and milestones. Please keep in mind all these dates are approximate; we don't not have anything scheduled.

Surgery to be performed in 3 weeks

Recover from surgery 3/4 weeks
Chemotherapy for 4/6 months

We will post more in the days to come, but knew there was an ARMY of people thinking/praying/pulling for us this morning so we wanted to get this information out.

Thanks again for all your support, words can't express what it means.