I'm Back!!!!

I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything.  Life and work seemed to take over.  Well, I am back.  I am going to change the direction of my blog a little bit.  Not too much though.  So a lot has happened since I was last here.  I now have 4 kids.  I finally got my girl!  Her name is Audrey Jane.  Her brothers think she is the best thing ever.  She will never do wrong in their eyes.  I had her September 20th.  After my leave with her was up, I decided to leave my full-time job to stay home with her and my 3 year old.  I work two part time jobs to help supplement the bills.  I also decided to join Jamberry as an Independent Consultant in February.  I love it!  I finally get to have pretty nails again and for much less then a manicure at a nail salon costs.  I would not have it any other way.   So that is part of the change.  I will blog about Jamberry.  The other change is that in January I was diagnosed with HBOC Syndrome and BRCA 2 +.  I will be sharing information about that and post about my process that I am going through.  It is a lot to take in and I may or may not still be in shock about it.  Not really sure.  I have handled it really well so far so that is why I am not sure if I am in shock or not.  I am glad I know about it and can do something about it than just find out one day I have cancer and could have stopped it.  This topic is very controversial and has a lot of opinions.  You are very welcome to give your opinions about the process, but I just ask that you are respectful.  I have made my decisions and no one is going to change them.  If you have questions feel free to ask.  This is going to be a very long and probably emotional at times journey.  So far everything has gone rather quickly.  Because I was waiting on test results and had a family history of HBOC, instead of having my tubes tied, they were completely removed.  That has added some time I have before I have to do anything else with my ovaries.  I have at least 4-5 years before I have to worry about that.  The step I am in now is for the breast part.  A week after my diagnosis, I was sent to a Breast Care Specialist, a Plastic Surgeon and a Genetic Counselor.  That was a lot to handle all at once.    Since I just had Audrey in September I had to wait until I had not been nursing for at least 6 months.  I hit my 6 months at the end of May.  Then the process will pick back up again.  At the end of May I have an MRI and a Mammogram scheduled.  Pending those results I will move on to the first surgery.  I will be having a Double Mastectomy with reconstruction and implants.  That will be the long process.  I will talk about my journey, share information, talk about books that I am reading etc.  I feel better when I write so this helps me and hopefully informs you.  Stay tuned!