My name is Laura Roberts, and I write this blog with one of the strongest women I know, my mother. Susan Roberts is a Breast Cancer Patient and this blog is all about her journey through some of the hardest times of her life.
November 26th, 2007: Mom goes to Dr. Maschman's office. The spot on her breast has been bothering her. In the past it was a cyst that was drained. It came back and started bothering her so she went to get it drained. Her August mammogram came back clear, so there was no worry at the time.
Maschman doesn't think it's a cyst and orders an ultrasound.
December 6th, 2007: Maschman's office asked Mom to come in to, "Discuss the results of her test." They diagnosed my mom with Breast Cancer.
January 16th, 2008: The mastectomy. My parents woke us up 5:00AM. We arrived, after a 50+ minute drive to Peoria, at 6:45 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center (hospital). We were sent to the waiting room and were soon joined by our friends Bill and Emily Allison and Evan Fait. We prayed over my mom and then enjoyed some early morning fellowship. They took her into surgery about 2:00PM. Lots and lots of waiting(9 hours of it) and mom was out of surgery. It wasn't till about 1:00AM till we got to see her.
January 10th, 2008: Mom came home!
Up to today: Mom is doing great. Her stitches are gone and besides just regular pain from the tissue expanders, she's back to her normal self. She meets with the oncologist February 12th and will probably begin chemo a week or two after that.
Thanks so much to everyone for your love, support, meals, gifts, cards, and most of all, PRAYER!
God bless!
Laura~!
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thanks for the updates -- not being so close to home, I can't just come for a visit or a hug :(
Please know that you are all in my prayers daily and I know there is good to come of this -- whether we know it or not.
"Having faith is knowing that when you come to the edge of all that is light you will be given something to stand on or you will be taught how to fly"
Faith is like that -- you must let go in order to keep going -- easier said than done, huh?
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