When we met Dan and Angelia last Saturday for super we were saying praises and celebrating Angelia having her pre-cancerous tumors removed and all was looking good. The initial results were good and she was relieved and ready to move on with life. She told me she never wants to have another surgery in her life. She had never been so miserable in her life and got along terribly. Her medication gave her problems, she was in a lot of pain, and she had an allergic reaction to the adhesive used. She had to wear a compression bandage that had suction to it constantly. She also declined radiation treatment because her chances of reoccurring cancer were less than 10% and she felt there was so much more harm to her body if she took radiation. Initially, during the biopsy, the doctor put markers in to identify areas that have the cancer cells and the area to be removed. These markers are to be removed during the surgery. Angelia's were not. It didnt make any sense. She had a double mastectomy, yet the tissue that needed removed was not. It was a sad reality that the surgeon had messed up.The more they looked into the information, the more they learned the worse the reality became. Later the results came back showing that not all the cancer was removed. Angelia discovered the massive mistake her surgeon made and how he tried to cover it up. He was recommending radiation because he knew he didn't get the initial cancer in the first place and radiation would help get rid of it. The grim reality was she would have to go in for another surgery. Dan and Angelia were not going back, they took her info and records to Mayo clinic in Rochester MN. I am so sad for Angelia, that she had to go through all of this only to find out it was not done right the first time. Not only will she have to go through another surgery, the surgeon did a messy job the first time and she has to go through with several months with expanders, which means many trips to Mayo. I am praying for her road ahead, her next surgery, recovery, healing and to fight this ugly cancer. It scares us all that she may have cancer in her spreading while she waits.
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