Sunday, November 1, 2009

Finding a Doctor

The next morning couldn't come soon enough.I was up at 5 in the morning saying my prayers as if my life depended on them.(which they did) Waiting until 8:00 so I could call the Dr's office. I got through to the office girl and explained my situation and the urgency of seeing the doctor, and she told me she wouldn't accept me as a patient because she didn't take medicaid, and I needed to call my doctor back, and have him refure me to one that accepts medicaid. I never felt so alone in all my life. What was I going to do? Where would I go for treatment? Is the cancer going to spread if it takes me too long to find a doctor? My head was spinning with all kinds of crazy thoughts. FINALLY my sister gave me the name of a doctor out of Beaumont Hospital. Then the hand of God began working. everything fell into place. I rushed all my test results and films up there on Thursday the 14th and had an appointment with a doctor on Monday the 19th. The doctor laid it all on the line for me. It was very complicated, she said. I had two different types of cancer. IN SITO DUCTAL CARCINOMA.(cancer in the milk duct), and and Invasive CARCINOMA. Which is on top of the breast tissue. Both a very common Breast Cancer. My treatment would depend on more testing. She ordered an MRI and another ultrasound to see how much invasive cancer there was and if my Lymph nodes were infected.

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