Too Much on Our Plait: Like Mother

Like Mother - 25

We had dinner at Janina's this evening. Salad, spaghetti, and meatballs. Janina had some soup, as she didn't want to tempt fate, just in case she has some postoperative stomach upset.

By this time tomorrow, she will be recovering in her hospital bed and the surgery will be over. It has been such a blessing that she was able to be scheduled for the procedure so quickly. There's been little time to think about it because we have all been so busy scrambling around trying to keep other things in order.

I'll need to keep this short as I didn't get much sleep last night.

Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated as Janina undergoes her surgery tomorrow.

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Kara on January 12, 2010 at 8:39 AM

Best wishes for Janina. You are in my thoughts.

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Like Daughter, Like Mother: Our Thyroid Cancer Journey

Behind the Blog

Adelina is a full-time wife, mother, practice manager, and medical transcriptionist. After receiving an ultrasound and countless biopsies, she was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer on December 11, 2009. She successfully underwent surgery on December 29, 2009, and had her first radioactive iodine treatment in February 2010. Following treatment, Adelina now sees her doctor once a year for follow-up. She has been doing well, and refuses to let cancer slow her down.

Dori is 26 years old. She was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at the age of 17 on June 1, 2006, just three days prior to her high school graduation. Dori endured two radioactive iodine treatments and two surgeries to remove her complete thyroid and 39 total lymph nodes from her neck. She is now under close watch by her doctors, and only time will tell if the cancer stays at bay.