Originally posted on face book April 1, 2010

Its cancer. And its aggressive. Well, crap. Had an MRI today. Now that was an experience. Got an IV set up so they could inject me with an dye. Then I had to crawl onto a table and lay face down and put the girls into the holes cut out of the table. It was an awkward maneuver. Oh and I got ear plugs and ear phones so I could listen to music. Sort of because dang is that thing loud! Gee wiz I had no idea MRI machines made that much racket. So I'm laying face down, girls hanging down, and padded bar in between, arms over my head, head in one of those things you find on a massage table, legs propped up with something couldn't see at this point and now I'm told not to move at all but, breath normal but don't take any deep breaths. Ok. So now all I can think about is if I'm breathing to deep or not and oh it was a long 30 minutes. Yep was in the contraption for 30 min.

Details for those interested: I have invasive ducal carcinoma which is the most common type of breast cancer. Bad news is its aggressive. High grade. Its 2 1/2 cm in size. Good news its estrogen receptors which means it feeds off estrogen and so estrogen blockers work well. Seeing one of the countries top breast surgeons Monday morning. Who knows what else will happen.

Taking it one day at a time. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post.