Cancer Free
I just got the call this morning. I am 100% cancer free!!! There was no cancer in the lymph node and they had margins of over 1cm from the cancer in the tissue they removed. The tumor was a total of 1 1/2 cm diameter.
I just got the call this morning. I am 100% cancer free!!! There was no cancer in the lymph node and they had margins of over 1cm from the cancer in the tissue they removed. The tumor was a total of 1 1/2 cm diameter.
Posted by Brent and April at 8:58 AM 3 comments
I know I'm stealing Brent's thunder BUT the cancer surgery was very successful!!!
Posted by Madge at 4:09 PM 0 comments
I just got a call from my doctor. The MRI shows no cancer in the left breast (that is for you Jeff). It also does not show anything abnormal under my right arm. They look under the arm for abnormalities in the lymph nodes. It did show something abnormal, or a "hot spot" in one rib under my chest close to the cancer. I told her about my breaking some ribs in the same area and she thinks that the MRI is probably picking that up. They have ordered a bone scan to be thorough.
Posted by Brent T at 9:18 AM 0 comments
We moved the surgery up to the end of this month. June 25th at 8:30 AM. There is no time to wait for a fast sunday to come around so we are going to fast this Sunday.
Posted by Brent and April at 8:16 AM 0 comments
More tests have come back. I am negative for HER2 and positive for estrogen and progesterone which means I will respond well to hormone treatment. The PET-CT scan came back showing no other cancers in my body and nothing under my arms in the lymph nodes. I will have a breast MRI next Thursday for more definitive look at the lymph nodes before surgery and a closer look at my other breast. 30% of people who have breast cancer have it in the other breast and it is not able to be felt. If that comes back showing cancer in the other breast, I will have a double mastectomy. That surgery will be on Friday the 25th of June at 8:30 AM at Banner Gateway Hospital.
Posted by Brent and April at 12:23 PM 1 comments
I got digital copies of the mammogram and ultrasounds today. These are better pictures and you can see the cancer better in relation to the nipple.
Posted by Brent and April at 9:14 PM 0 comments
Posted by Brent and April at 3:37 PM 2 comments