Originally written July 19th, 2006

My surgery is Friday morning, bright and early. It is considered minor surgery, a lumpectomy and axillary dissection (lymph node removal) and I'll probably be home by Friday night. Thursday afternoon -- a week from tomorrow -- I should have the pathology report from the surgery, and that's when the fun really begins. They'll hopefully be able to tell if it's fast or slow growing, whether it's got estrogen receptors, strange heritable problems, you name it. At that point, I meet my oncologist -- I'm planning to hold out for someone at *least* as cute as Dr Wilson (from the tv show House) -- and find out my radiation and chemo schedule. So, yeah, there'll be another update then. For now, you know what I know.