Wrong Place

I came home from my follow up appointment and started making calls to the radiation doctors that I had been given the names of from the surgeon. I was able to get an appointment for the following week,  was hoping it would be sooner but at least it was only a week out, I could deal with that. I was googling breast radiation, side effects, everything under the sun and if I am being honest I do NOT recommend doing that, I found nothing comforting while doing my own research. I tried to keep busy and do normal things while waiting for the appointment, we had talked to Harrison about me having to do other things besides the surgery for the cancer, since we originally told him they got it and we were done (I guess we were naive.) Anyhoo, I do not know if I mentioned it but our kiddo was a rock star while I was going through all of this. He was so positive , he never got down, upset or anything he was THE BEST! His positivity amazes me, he taught me so much about patience and trusting Jesus and being positive during this whole journey, it is so true that your attitude is 90% of the battle, I believe that with my whole heart, my boy taught me that and he was so right! He did not allow me to get upset and I needed that even when I did not realize I needed it, just for someone to say don`t cry, we have got this, Jesus will take care of you, love him more than anything! Mike took the day off to go to the appointment with me, we both wanted to see what was next. We got there and I filled a slew of paperwork, you would think they would have everything at this point but, nope more paperwork. We were put in a room, I was asked a lot of questions by the nurse, she went over the process and things to expect during radiation (I will get into that later) she gave me an entire folder with information about what was going to happen from start to finish. After she was done with a million questions, the doctor came in. She also started asking me questions about my surgery, she wanted to see the breast and the surgery site, she stated what a wonderful job the surgeon did (thanks, I guess?) She ask for the records from the Oncologist, I was like, what? She said I need the records from the Oncologist, I informed her that I had came here first, she says to me, “honey you have to see an Oncologist first, they see if chemo is needed, how much and then we decide on the radiation, whether we do them together or do one then the other, which would be chemo then radiation.” I was like so basically I am in the wrong place? She looks at me, and says “it would appear you are, come back after you see an Oncologist”  well is this not  the best day,  2 hours later to be told I am in the wrong doctors office, after all the calls I had made to get an appointment you would think someone might have mentioned that! 

When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade or Margaritas, whichever suits your fancy!