Penny & Irv - May 2010

4 May-

Dear All;

Dr. Kowalski called today and announced that my genetic BRCA (breast cancer gene) was completely NEGATIVE!!!

Yahoo! That means a single mastectomy, reconstruction at a later date.

The plastic surgeon said that because I inherited the monster boobs from my mother (thanks a lot, Stub! It's an Isaacson thing) that the reconstructed breast would not be similar to the existing breast. Well, I've been living with two dissimilar breasts for 10 years now and I think Irv and I can deal with it.

So, we are celebrating the nicest, best news we have had in a while. Going to drive up to Big Lava Lake today and check out camping spots. It is a beautiful lake, not too big as the name suggests, but has a forest service campground where we could camp and allow the dogs to run around a little bit. We fished there twice last year, and caught nothing, as per usual, but wanted to come back and camp as well. It is only about 30 miles from our house. We will take the trailer up and then Irv will go back and get the boat so we can fish, unless we decide to just fish from the shore. We did see other people catching fish from the shore so it is possible, maybe ever for us.

We did have snow, again, last night, so not sure when this camping trip will take place. Also, the lows at night are still hovering around 20-25º F. Brrrrrr.

Love to all;

Penny