HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
We all deserve congratulations for making it through 2020! Prayers go out to all who have been severely affected either by the virus, or the shutdowns. Let's all pray for a Healthier and Happier New Year 2021!
I did finish my 2020 CQ Challenge from Sharon Boggon before the end of the year. What a great feeling getting it done! I must say, I am pleased with the results. I can't tell you how many times I fretted over whether it would all turn out right!
Many of you might know my 2020 story! January 6th my primary doc found a lump in my left breast. We then did tests, first a sonogram, then a MRI, and then a 3D Mammogram, which doesn't compress the tissue like a regular one would. None of these confirm it was a cancer! So much for trusting imagery. Always push further. The radiologist gave me the option of waiting 6 months and check again. What a tragedy that would have been! So I insisted on a sonogram-assisted biopsy. That was a Friday, and the test came back on Tuesday, when I got the call from my primary doctor that it was in fact, cancer. He still has tears in his eyes remembering that call!
By Friday of that week, we met with the surgeon. She said that she could guess my reaction to chemo, by looking at my chart, and that I take no medications! I said immediately, it was off the table. Later, a MammaPrint test showed that the cancer was a slow growing type, that would not respond to chemo! Of course, she said we would have to talk about radiation, and I said that was also a hard sale.
Well, February 14th I had a double mastectomy, and went home the same day! I then concentrated on healing from surgery. By March 12 I was working on my trampoline, and walking outside.
Then the virus hit. Obviously, it closed down all treatments for everyone. It was a God Wink that I had gotten my surgery so fast. Even my primary doc said he had never seen anyone go into surgery so fast after diagnosis.
By May I was back in my sewing room and back to work on my 2020 Challenge. I know many of you have followed my progress on this project. You can visit my Flickr page, called His Love Story in the Stars to see the whole process.
Sometime that summer my husband made the suggestion I do a crazy quilt bra as a thank you to my doc. What a great idea. So I hit the thrift stores for the right shape!
