I Don't Even Have the Gene

Well its been a week since the first surgery! It was successful and I'm home, healing, and tired all  the time. The first step on the long road of recovery has been made! There were some answers found with this surgery and for that I am very thankful! They removed almost all of the cancer and the rest will be taken care of easily with the reconstruction surgeries. All of the edges and lymph nodes are clear of cancer (yay!). And the amount of invasive cancer was small! All of this is good news, although the results of the surgery are a pain and at the moment I hate it all! As much as I hate all of this, I want to take a minute and talk about how I was diagnosed with cancer because it really was God's timing. Women my age are not tested for Breast Cancer, because it is extremely rare. When I came home for Christmas I went into the doctor to check something that actually turned out to be nothing! Through the results of testing what turned out to be nothing, they found the canc

How is Lindsey doing? The question of the month that has been asked to my parents and fiancé about a million times. Unfortunately for them, I'm not one to constantly share my feelings, so they are left with guessing my thoughts. So that they don't have to make up answers for me, I will help them out. Tomorrow is surgery so I am honestly a roller coaster of emotions. I'm nervous about having surgery, but also ready to get this done! I check in at 6 am and surgery starts at 9 am.  There are good days and bad days. Some people are more comfortable hearing the good, so if you are one of those people just skip this paragraph! I am angry. Angry that I am not in school and my friends are all about to graduate. Angry that I'm not teaching students and doing what I love to do. Angry that I'm sitting around just waiting for a horrible surgery that I don't want to go through. Angry that my life will never be the same. But there are good days too! I know that no ma