I immediately argued that there was no scorpion on Spongebob. But, unfortunately, I knew exactly who she was talking about. Larry the Lobster. He is the lifeguard, volleyball pro and muscular "stud" that Spongebob is always trying to be like. Especially when it comes to his sculpted upper body.
So, I figured, I had to fill those of you who aren't as familiar with Larry the Lobster in on the joke. Meet Larry the Lobster. So nice to know I look "just like him."
And, I am learning to live with the pain of the tissue expansion. I've already had one "inflation" and I was pleased to discover that the initial pain lessened a lot after the first 48 hours. I'm still in pain, but it isn't as bad at all.
Also had to share my good news. I went back to City of Hope on Monday to get the genetic BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 test results (and BART--a similar test). Turns out, even though I am young to get breast cancer, I did not get a genetic form of the disease.
This is good news for a lot of people--i.e., everyone related to me, but especially my daughter and sister--and is good news for me, because it means my ovarian cancer risk is now less than 2%. Less than 2%! That's a statistic I can live with.
Because I'm me, of course, there was some weirdness. I have some strange unknown defect on nine splices past exon 20 ... errrr... something like that. But the likelihood of it being in any way related to a genetic cancer is so low that the lab would actually perform the testing for free if someone else in the family ends up with breast cancer. (Free! That made me laugh. They must be pretty sure that's never going to happen.)
So I am happy about this. Of course, it doesn't explain why I got cancer. We may never know. I'm just lucky, I guess.
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You are one sexy cancer-free lobster. I couldn't be happier about this news. Hooray!!! (I just did a happy hand jive at my desk.) We need to celebrate. I'll make a cake for Maddie.
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