Well it seems like I am in the trenches.
Met with Dr. Chambers today. She said I made a good decision with electing mastectomy versus lumpectomy since the right breast had several other invasive carcinoma modules. (don't want to give everyone a scare but none of them had appeared in mri or mammogram - guess this is the sneaky nature of the lobular kind I wondered what would have happened if I had done a lumpectomy, would they have found out about them during surgery .. or worse.. ?? not found them at all ? )
The left boob was clear did not have any cancerous activity so I do not have to worry about that side.
The main 'mothership' was 2.5 cms they took out 6 lymph nodes and one .2mm one and one 2 mm one tested positive, so there is some lymph node involvement. If only the .2 mm one had was + I would have still been considered lymph negative but with the 2mm one testing positive, I am considered to be lymph node +.
All these brings me to a stage 2 which is still considered early stage.
Next week meeting with the 2 oncologists, and I am planning to find a third oncologist (could be local or from another center) who preferably specializes in lobular carcinoma.. to bounce ideas from. This is my project until next week.
Somehow none of this news came as a shock to me and I am sooo ready to shoot this bastard down you do not have an idea ! Bring it on now I am really p.ssed !@#!@
Oh and my drains will stay with me for another week I think I am moving around too much for them to stop producing stuff, well my theory is if I rest and they stop oozing, I take the drains out and then start moving around the ooze will increase again be stuck in my body. Better get it out with the drains than to be stuck with the yuck.
Having some sleep problems since my body is recovered from surgery however I am not allowed to go outside and do anything so there is a lot of nervous energy, this is soo frustrating..
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Hi this Vivian Kerstein, your neighbor, you bike enthusiast, you pal that has rum into you at Publix. I had ny knee surgery that dsame day Irealize, Friday just before Labor Day, Nothing like what you are going through but the outcome was relatively good and I pray for you too.
Tell me when you are up to a guest, I am not far away.
Love,
Vivian
Hey Vivian,
Drop on in .. I am not going anywhere but doc appointments anyways nowadays.
email: triagain2002@yahoo.com
;o)
Sevgili Aylin,
Bilmem hatirliyacak misin, kocam ve ben Yigitin New York'dan arkadaslariyiz. Ben ayni zamanda eski bir Breast Cancer survivor'm (1990). Telefon basinda doktorlardan telefon beklemek sounds so familiar. Su anda en guc durumdasin. Once all the decisions are made, it gets relatively easier. I had lumpectomy and had the diagnosis, after that, I didn't hear from my doctor for 10 days, he broke his leg playing football with his son. I had my lymph node removed, then had 6 weeks of radiation and 5 years of Tamoxifen. Yours is more complicated, but you will be fine. Lots of new good things happened since 1990. I found Meditation and Yoga very helpful.
Lots of love,
Sumru
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