My trip with breast cancer

I am 39 years old and have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I have been asked to post my experiences here.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

LAST CHEMO!!!!!!!

Not only was today my last chemo treatment but I met with my oncologist and she had the results of my MRI. There are no discernable tumors left as read by MRI! Nothing! The MRI saw nothing. Which means the chemo was VERY effective. It also means more to talk about with my surgeon and my radiation oncologist. May I still be a candidate for a lumpectomy with radiation? If I get the mastectomy do I still need radiation? If not, can I get reconstructed at the same time? What if after the surgery my nodes show signs of cancer? When do those results come back after surgery. I don't want two surgeries if I can swing it. But since my three nodes were positive and they talked about removing very many of them at first, does this change how many node to take?

SO. I still have my CT Scan on the 21st so that we can look at the rest of my body as well as get another look for any sign of tumor. That may also show about the nodes since it is done with the dye again.

Bottom line is that the news is all good. Even though it does complicate the surgery decisions, I really don't care.

We are all going to San Diego on April 13 for a longish weekend while the kids have April Vacation. We return the 18th so that play dates can be arranged. Very excited about that.

We also have someone who is 80% sold on our old house so now it takes our agent to really push it. The good news is that the wife is 100% sure she wants it. The husband seems to be the holdout but in this case we all know who normally gets their way! We also have another showing on Saturday.

I think I am going to have a glass of champagne! WOOHOO!

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