Carly Wisnewski

Here's the 5th email... sorry for posting them all so quickly, trying to get through them so I can post in real time.  --- Hi friends and family! I just got back from an amazing weekend in Texas with my friend, Malloree. Last year, this same weekend, we went to Vegas for the weekend and this year it was a women's conference ( Sparrow Conference ) at a church in Dallas and it was so wonderful! We had almost two solid days of kid-free girl time and some Jesus worship and teaching, it was much needed!  Surgery. It's  on Tuesday, April 25th in Atlanta . I'll likely be the hospital for one night, maybe two. Surgery is  at 10AM  and will last for 5-6 hours.  Genetic testing: it came back, early!! (The Lord continues to provide, He knows my anxious heart way too well.) ALL of the 28 genes that were tested came back NEGATIVE!!! Praise God!!! This is great news that NOT EVEN ONE gene was positive!! However, this does not change my decision to not get a bi-...

On Monday, March 20th, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I’ve spent the past week researching, crying, learning new names for words I previously had never heard, going to multiple doctors appointments, and countless conversations with all my doctors (there are so many now!) to figure out what treatment will look like for me for the next 5-10 years.  I sent out an email on March 16th to friends and family asking to pray because something was found on my MRI scan the day before…  I’m sharing my story for many reasons. To raise awareness, to give my busy, sleepless mind something to do… an outlet I guess. This blog may have 100s of posts or it may only have a few, I don't know yet. It may be all about cancer or about other things that I love to do, I don't know that either. Over the next few days (or maybe longer), I am going to post my crazy journey of finding out that I, 31 year old Carly, have breast cancer. Unbelievable.  Here’s the initial email I sent ou...