I know I rave and rave about how amazing my support system is (I know that I'm a very lucky girl) but I just can't stop when they've helped my Making Strides Against Breast Cancer team raise $1,270! Wonderful job everyone!
I know I kind of left a teaser about my BRCA1 and BRCA2 test results (sorry!); they came back negative, which means the reason I got cancer was just the luck of the draw. While it's a little unsettling to not have a definite answer why, it's wonderful to know that the women in my family are "safe" (I use quotes because they could be "lucky" and get random cancer too (knocking on wood that it never happens)) and I get a little peace of mind knowing that my risk of ovarian cancer isn't elevated. It is what it is I guess; there's another gene test we can do, but it opens the Pandora's box of diseases I'd be susceptible to (they're diseases we can't watch for or prevent), and I'm not sure I want to carry that knowledge around every day.
Ashley made a great point that technology in this area of medicine is developing so quickly that it's not impossible there's another breast cancer-causing gene out there that no one has discovered yet.
Anyway, I hate to come back to this because it's probably so boring to read about, but I'm still having some pretty intense muscle pain. The exercises my PT showed me a few weeks ago definitely stretch the muscles, but they're not taking away any of the pain/tightness. I even went as far as calling my surgeon's office Friday afternoon to see if it's normal to feel this way. Bad news: it is. Good news: the nurse assured me I'd feel much better after New Boobs Day (31 days!). I'm going to bench myself for the remaining 3 kickball games we have and really try to watch what I'm lifting, drink a ton of water, and continue stretching. I can handle 31 days!
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