As of now, I LOVE my new doctor. He was SOOOO nice and very nurturing. I can tell he has a great bedside manner. A friend told me that you don't really need to like your surgeon but you must LOVE your oncologist because you will see him for the rest of your life. I got very lucky.
Well, the doctor pretty much said the same thing as before. Still no word on the HER/2 test. I will be very busy getting all the tests done because I see him again on Monday. At that appointment he will discuss treatment plans. He hopes to do chemo first and shrink down the tumor and then instead of mastectomy do a BCS(breast-conserving surgery). That would be the best scenario.
MD Anderson is great, everyone was very nice and we moved along rather quickly. I had my chest x-ray and blood work after my appointment today. The x-ray will help determine if the cancer has spread to my lungs. Blood work will help determine this as well. Tomorrow I will be there all day! I need to check in at 7:40 for my mammogram that is scheduled at 8:00. Then I check in for my ultrasound at 9:10. Ultrasound will be done at 9:30 with a possibility of a FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy). If the lymph node glands look irregular on the ultrasound then they will take a sample to check for cancer. The doctor did say that one felt hard, but that it could be from the first biopsy. I have a small break. I then check in for my bone scan and take the nuclear dose, wait for 2 hours. The bone scan is scheduled for 3:00.
I am off Wednesday and Thursday. I go back Friday. I check in for my Cat Scan prep at 3:10, with the Cat Scan scheduled for 4:40.
I hope I get good news with the ultrasound and they do not perform the FNA. I will post again tomorrow!
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