“The Hillbillies” Are Up, But “The Girls” Are Going Down

Tisha made it through her first round of chemo. She spent most of the day at the chemo center doing blood work, meeting with the oncologist, waiting, and getting chemo. And so far she feels fine – no sickness. She met a nurse who was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 28 and is cancer free at 34.
They found another surprise today. Her “Hillbillies” are up. They aren’t really called hillbillies but the scientific name is too hard to remember and it sounds like hillbilly, so in true Metisha spirit, we are calling them hillbillies. The hillbillies are some count in her blood that indicates her liver is not filtering properly. The nurse said it can be related to a liver disorder. So now she has another “photo shoot” (ultra sound) scheduled for Friday to determine why the hillbillies are up. Yes, we are now referring to cat scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, etc, as photo shoots. Metisha has been scheduled for a lot of photo shoots so we decided her organs must photograph beautifully!
Tisha was supposed to receive three different types of chemo; two to attack the breast cancer and one specifically for the liver cancer spot. But the oncologist decided to not give her the liver chemo because of the hillbillies. If the high hillbillies are due to a liver disorder, the third type of could be more dangerous to her liver so the oncologist may have to choose a different type of chemo. He also decided to wait three weeks between chemo treatments.
The oncologist told Metisha it is time for “the girls” to go down for a while. The girls are her ovaries. Her cancer is strongly feed by hormones, so they will give her a shot tomorrow and then every three months to shut down her ovaries. In other words, the shot will put her in a temporary state of menopause. When I talked with Tisha today, she just laughed and said, “so now I’ll be bald and growing a beard!”
Once again we’ve been assured that God led Metisha to the right doctors. She had more people tell her today that her surgeon is the best breast cancer surgeon and her oncologist was nothing but upbeat and positive. He also told her he has been in contact with leading liver cancer doctors and they have discussed her case and agreed on the chemo plan. And all the nurses today were upbeat and positive and tried to make the chemo process as comfortable as possible. They even told her she can order in pizza during her treatments! We know God has put Metisha in His best healing hands and we know God will heal her!