Short and not so sweet...

It's been a long night so I'm going to make this short. I talked to my doctor from the hematology/ oncology department at the Mayo Clinic tonight at 6pm. I found out tonight that I do have bone marrow cancer. He is allowing me to go back to Ohio for our vacation tomorrow but as soon as we get back I have to have a bone marrow biopsy that will tell us exactly what cancer I have as well as how aggressive it is. We do know that the cancer does effect my red blood cells (overproduces them). We also know that I am iron deficient which the doctor said is in my favor as it slows down the production of red blood cells. He has taken me off all of my iron to keep my body in an iron deficient state until I start treatments. If my body wouldn't be iron deficient then it would make an even higher rate of red blood cells (mine are already very high) possibly leading to a stroke. We also found out that I have a gene mutation which is what causes the bone marrow cancer. We really won't know much until we get the biopsy back after we are back from Ohio on what stage it is or what kind of treatment I will have to have. My doctor told me to enjoy my vacation and we will worry about the rest when I get back! So that's what we are going to do... Thanks everyone for your prayers!!