Big Decisions

This past week was a real ratcheting up of the emotional intensity in dealing with this interloper into our lives. We met with two surgeons who helped us first understand the decisions Melissa needs to make on one level and who gave us a lot to do to help her make the decisions about the nature of the surgeries in her future. With the second surgeon, we scheduled the first step in the surgical journey. The mastectomy. Man, there is a lot to think about with respect to reconstruction. How does one go about choosing a surgeon? We have looked over so many websites and we have had to deal with the fact that the procedure that Melissa most likely needs to have is not offered at her hospital, and that we might have to go away (as far away as New Orleans) to get the preferred procedure at a facility devoted to breast cancer treatment.

Needless to say, we are almost overwhelmed by the information we need to process to make a good series of decisions...So far, we know this...Melissa is scheduled for the first of several surgeries at the moment on May 26th here in town.

Next up visits with many plastic surgeons so that we can learn about the options Melissa has with respect to breast construction.