NEGATIVE

Yes, you read that right. My genetic testing was NEGATIVE for ALL the breast and ovarian cancer genes! Praise the Lord! Thank you SO much for praying!!

I feel a huge sense of relief with these results. My daughters will have to get mammograms when they are 29, and that is so crappy, BUT at least they will not have to be tested for anything else. There are two genes that can cause childhood cancer, and I was NEGATIVE for those as well.

They had an "incidental" finding. It sounds a lot worse than it is. Apparently, there is a gene that causes LOTS of colon polyps and usually leads to colon cancer. You have to have two broken copies of that gene for it to be considered serious. I have one broken copy. The general population has a 5% chance of getting colon cancer. Because I have one broken gene, I now have a 7-8% chance of getting colon cancer. That was the only finding they had, and I will take it!

I have the exact same chance of getting any other type of cancer as the general public. I have a meeting with my surgeon on March 9th, and I know we will discuss all this. I'm interested to learn how this affects my treatment (if at all), and how we proceed from here.

Tomorrow I have my LAST round of the red devil chemo. Again, PRAISE THE LORD! I will try to update the blog tomorrow, but wanted to ask for specific prayers this week and weekend.

Please pray that my body handles this round well. The 3rd round was SO incredibly hard. I do not want to do this last one, but I know I have to. Also, please pray for me emotionally. This weekend is my sweet Charlie girl's 6th birthday. It is hard for me to take a step back and allow my family to do the things that I normally do for my kiddos' birthday. I am so thankful to have the amazing family that we have. Aunts and both grandmas are coming to help with the party and the rest of our weekend. I will be missing a soccer game, going to celebrate at school at a later time, not cooking my normal birthday meal, and delaying our family lunch. It's just extremely hard for me, emotionally. I know that I am doing all this so that next year I will be back to normal and able to participate in all the birthday festivities.

I think I get a few weeks off between chemotherapies, so I am looking forward to spending spring break with my kiddos. We may not be able to do much, but we are going to do as much as we can and enjoy every minute together. I won't take it for granted this year.

Thank you for praying and loving us through this time. I truly appreciate it. Love you all!