I wanted to post an update on my mom and what is going on in case anyone was wondering. The last week has been terrible. I found an apartment for my mom here, which is good, and it is a great apartment. Much bigger than expected for the price, and not even ten minutes away. However the movers will take a week to get her stuff transported so she will be sleeping in our living room with our macaw on an air bed. Our macaw has a huge cage, the smallest size down from a double, and the living room is a small formal, so it will be cramped. I wish we could provide something better for her but thankfully it is only a week. She has been stressed beyond belief getting everything arranged, and there have been a few snags with insurance, movers, etc, but it seems like everything is on track for her to come in Tuesday.
So her test results from biopsy came back and cancer is not estrogen fed, meaning whether she will need chemo is up in the air. We aren't thrilled by this. My grandmother (her mom) had ovarian and could not handle chemo. She died at 64. My uncle has a rare kidney form that has been in his bones years, also cannot handle chemo.
My dr. wanted to send me for genetic counseling, but while my insurance will pay for the visit, they will not pay for the blood work, so it will be pointless. I would need another person to have breast cancer to qualify. In the words of my husband, "What, does everyone have to keel over?"
On another note, I went to my neurologist for a follow up on my migraine medication. My husband and I had argued the night before because he doesn't like when it gets raised and wanted me to ask about long term effects. So I did, and neuro said it was really just kidney stones. So I said I have those anyway, and he freaked! He looked through my forms and saw where I clearly circled it. Turns out I never should have taken the medication. He said I would probably be fine since I have been taking it for two years, and haven't had a stone sine '05,but I had to sign a release and cut out tea and soda, drink nothing but water now, and avoid things with vitamin c.
In addition, my cell phone "updated" so naturally it is all messed up, and my computer randomly crashed so now I have no computer (I am typing all this on my tablet), my youngest has a behavior psych appointment (finally) mondsy morning which is good, but horrible timing, I have tons of beddi get to wash for my mom, and I have to somehow keep the house clean until my mom sees it for the first time Tuesday.
I think that's it.