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Yesterday was the day we would know the MRI results, a day Karen was dreading, this was to find out how much more cancer cells were still to be removed.

Karen was again in tears, however tears of joy, happy tears as she was told that, even though some cells still need to be removed this was the first good news we had received since the start of Karen's Journey, we both quietly expected the MRI to show a large number of cells needing to be dealt with however this time we were informed Karen didn’t have a huge amount to go, the MRI has shown there is little left to go.

Karen is scheduled for a second operation and booked in for Monday next week, she won’t need a drain like last time and will be in and out the same day. She’ll need to take care post-surgery again but it won’t be as hard on her as the operation last month. So to recap, Karen has clear nodes meaning no spread of cancer, she’ll have the last of the BC cells removed Monday. 

Post-surgery we will head be back at Fiona Stanley around two weeks later to get the beast tissue results again (will be clear, I just know it) then a month after surgery Karen will be needing radiotherapy, we were advised yesterday for three weeks however before that it was give, so unsure how long just yet. followed by medication (tablets) for five to seven years.

I'm hoping this positive news will provide some inspiration to those currently waiting for information or treatment, please don’t give up, be positive and fight the good fight.

BTW, I’m “Going Pink” next month to raise both awareness and funds to help however I can, I have the full backing of the company I work for and our HR General Manager has emailed to all 15 entities within our business which will reach 1000’s of our staff.

Not going that fast or high right now, but the message is out there.

I know this post has been long winded, but I wanted to keep all our details / story in the one place and will bring all up to speed in a couple of weeks.

Once again we thank you guys for your support for Karen and pass love and thanks.