Mama, Grammy, Miss Pammy Update

So just gonna get this off my chest...I sometimes, very-much, absolutely DISLIKE insurance companies. Many of you know of all the time we have spent waiting and wondering if my Mama's insurance would approve her scans...and after 6 long weeks...it was taken care of...well sort of...they never did approve a PET scan...so we went about getting her scanned a different way...
Then she started radiation on Monday...which she will have 20 treatments...and was prescribed a "chemo" pill...which she is to be on for the next 5 years. 
Well, well...wouldn't you know...DENIED by insurance so now Dr. O is having to fight with them once again...in the mean time she gave my Mama samples that has her covered for almost a month.  This insurance stuff is getting out of control!
 
Questions you have all asked...
What stage is my Mama's breast cancer?- There is not a so-called stage...Dr. Taw said we will consider calling it "Recurrent Breast Cancer".

Will Miss Pammy take time off of Preschool?  Yeah-Right! Are you kidding me...she is a trooper and was out getting school supplies already. She worked through her first round in 1996 with Chemo and Radiation and NOTHING stopped her...as NOTHING will stop her NOW! This will be Child Enrichment Center's 30th year making a difference in so many children's lives.  So proud of her and all the little lives that she has touched over the years.

Why doesn't she have a mastectomy?  Well first of all its personal choice...which she asked her Dr about...and the location of  her current "battle field" is NOT going to benefit from such a drastic surgery.  Best stated from Dr. Taw...having a mastectomy is like removing fat from a piece of raw chicken...you Never get all the fat off...there will always be some left on...well that is like having a mastectomy...true they are able to get "most" of you breast tissue...but there will be some left over.

How is my Mama doing?  She is doing fantastic...yes just like me...if you just saw us at the local grocery store, Target, or in Church...and didn't know "our story"...you would have NO idea!  

As you often hear, "Ain't nobody got time for that"...Mama/Grammy/Miss Pammy really doesn't have time for this little battle...but she has her gloves on and is beating it once again!

Until next time...we are realizing God truly gives the battles to his toughest Warriors. God is giving us the strength to carry on!