Hi Carrie - It's good you don't have much longer before you have the biopsy. Whatever the doctors say, and they are all different in their approach or experience, but it can't be known for sure if a suspicious area is cancer until a biopsy says it is. Don't ever feel like a wimp - you have been and still are very courageous for taking the positive steps you have. You have a husband to support you and two little boys that have helped you to be the courageous person you are! It's good your husband will be with you when you get the biopsy. It always helps to lessen the stress when you have other people with you. It also helps you remember what was said or recommended so you can check back later with each other instead of worrying about something you might have missed that the doctor said. It's ok to be a "basket case" - I sure was and I was only the caregiver! So try to keep busy until Thursday morning, take some deep breaths and hug your babies and your husband. Let us know how it goes on Thursday.


Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)