On Monday, April 4, 2016, Chad, Quinn & I were just leaving Home Depot when Dr. Evans called with the results of my biopsy. She said that the results surprised her, they weren't what she expected.
Ok, is this good? Is this bad?
She said that the biopsy came back as "adenocarcinoma."
"It is cancer."
She said when she removed a portion for biopsy she knew that it was cancer, but the biopsy results surprised her because usually it is squamous carcinoma in the rectum & that's what she thought it felt like. She said that adenocarcinoma is usually found in the colon & she's actually never seen it herself in the rectum. Great. Of course the word "cancer" is so scary to hear to begin with, but now she's saying it's not common in the area where mine is.
She said that the treatment is chemo, radiation & surgery. And that we would discuss everything more at my post-op appointment the next day.
And just like that, our world stopped & a whirlwind of emotions began...
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