Around three years ago I brought to an end the email chronicle of Pam's experience with cancer and the treatment that followed. She has dealt with a little list of problems since, but we really believed she had overcome the actual cancer. Pam is 3 years and 8 months past chemotherapy and had been convinced she would reach the coveted 5 years clear. Those thoughts were dashed in a short phone call received while in the WMBD TV 31 news studio late yesterday afternoon. So I am back to writing what I never expected to again, details of Pam's battle.
We don't know a lot about what is going on within her, but will soon. What we know and will share is that a little over a week ago Pam discovered a lump or two in the lymph area under her left arm. Being prudent, she called her doctor who sent her for a sonogram last Thursday. In an all too "2004ish" familiar way, the doctor that read the sonogram said som
ething like "it is probably nothing but let's do a biopsy." Very similar to what Pam heard from her initial doctor's appointment 4 years ago. I placed a picture of Pam above, she looks great. This is from Sunday (16th), the day before her birthday, also the day of her biopsy. Let this picture serve as a lesson, you can't judge a book by it's cover. The results of the biopsy Monday were delivered to her cell phone as we waited with our Erin in the studio for her much anticipated stint as the weather kid with Chuck Collins yesterday. Bad timing, bad delivery mode, but Pam really wanted to know. The beautiful sunshine of yesterday had her really up and convinced the tests would say all clear. So Pam calmly accepted the news and spent the next hour as the picture of composure while our kids enjoyed the "news" experience. It will be a day we never forget for a couple of reasons.
ething like "it is probably nothing but let's do a biopsy." Very similar to what Pam heard from her initial doctor's appointment 4 years ago. I placed a picture of Pam above, she looks great. This is from Sunday (16th), the day before her birthday, also the day of her biopsy. Let this picture serve as a lesson, you can't judge a book by it's cover. The results of the biopsy Monday were delivered to her cell phone as we waited with our Erin in the studio for her much anticipated stint as the weather kid with Chuck Collins yesterday. Bad timing, bad delivery mode, but Pam really wanted to know. The beautiful sunshine of yesterday had her really up and convinced the tests would say all clear. So Pam calmly accepted the news and spent the next hour as the picture of composure while our kids enjoyed the "news" experience. It will be a day we never forget for a couple of reasons.Hopefully by Friday we'll know what is happening within Pam...is this a recurrence?...is this a new cancer?...is it nothing (wouldn't that be a nice answer to prayer!)? I will likely move this info to a blog and if you want to know what's up, you'll have a place to go to find out.
This email had a couple of purposes. 1) Let you know (and share...my contact box is limited), 2) and to ask you to pray for Pam.
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