Broccoli, Cabbage and Nuts

Today Laura had a couple of appointments...

She first stopped by the Coumadin clinic to get her blood checked.

Next stop, the radiologist!

He checked all reports so far. He also could not find the tumor! (Yeeeeeeeee-haw!) Basically, he told her that, as far as what comes after all of her chemo treatments, she's got to make the final decision. She can do one of three things:

1. lumpectomy - They would remove the section of her breast where the tumor was and that would be followed with radiation.


2. complete mastectomy + the removal of 1 or 2 lymph nodes - If there's no cancer in the lymph nodes, then no radiation.


3. If cancer IS found in the lymph nodes, then she'd have to have radiation.

Other good news today... She had the blood test to see if she was genetically predisposed to having cancer. There was no mutuation found and that means she has the same risk as the regular population. :-)

While she was at the radiologist, the nurse from the Coumadin clinic called and said that her levels were VERY high. Turns out that's a GOOD thing! That means her blood is thin enough. So, for at least the next couple of days, she can eat vegetables high in vitamin K and she doesn't have to take the Coumadin. She'll go back for another check on Friday.

Right after that appointment, she went to the grocery store and bought cabbage, broccoli and nuts! She was very excited! The key now is to make sure she doesn't injure herself (no cuts or bruises) because she would really bleed too much.

For her birthday (tomorrow), she's going out to eat with Steve and some friends and she's going to eat whatever she wants that is high in vitamin K!!!