LOL the Christmas Ham caper!
We had a mix up (not unusual in my family) where my brother had said he'd do XMas but when my mother talked to him last week he didn't remember saying it, lol. He really wasn't prepared, so we'll be doing it here. Anyway, I thought I'd do Italian - had antipasto, lasagna, maybe eggplant, meatballs, garlic bread, etc., dancing in my head.
But my mother really likes a traditional meal on the holiday, and because she's 86 and will be helping us prepare it (mostly cause she's 86
), we decided to go more traditional. So I picked up a honey ham, but the men in the family, including DH and DS, decided they'd really love pork roast with gravy.
So I bought pork roast yesterday, had to have the guy cut one. Got it home and Mom thinks it's not big enough, and I realized she was probably right, so DH stopped and got another one. (We like to have a lot cause it's tradition to take stuff home.) So hopefully we can do this pork justice, but I had to chuckle when you mentioned the ham, lmp. (It looks as if I might get part of the holiday off cause some of our beds are closed. Yay for seniority. If not, DH and DM will be handling the meal, so I can just walk in and eat!
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Barbara and Ann, good to see you guys. Ann, I'm sorry Avery's going through this again.
Sha, you lucky dog you! Treehouse villas stay would be awesome. I'm glad you had good results from your testing and that your Mom is doing well.
Leslie, seems like things are falling into place nicely. Did she say why they'd recommend taking off the other breast if MRI testing on it is normal? Maybe they qualified it as a recommendation if BRAC testing was positive (which would make sense, as a precaution)? My oncologist had told me if it's healthy breast tissue, why take it off (unless it's something you yourself feel pretty strongly about)? Although my family history wasn't strong, and I didn't have BRAC/BART testing till years later, so really, all cases are different. But it is food for thought and something to research yourself and ask around about. I agree another opinion is not a bad idea, and actually pretty standard, I think (insurance covers it). I had two and they were slightly different based on the background of the surgeons. (I went with the breast surgeon.) I'm glad you can breathe a little sigh of relief and hopefully you can enjoy Christmas.
Wishing everyone a lovely holiday and thinking of all of you.
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