Got to meet my surgeon and am satisfied with his manners, explanations and all that. That's the good news, bad news is... the full trunk PET scan found some other 'hot spots' in lymph nodes in my neck and another on my right hip.
He seems to feel that since they basically scooped out everything on the breast it's not a matter of them 'missing a spot' but that like most cancer, just one cell could sit there dormant for years like with me and then decide to pop up. There isn't a whole lot of tissue for it to grow on and if they end up having to take out another chunk of the skin they would do that, take the 'pocket' where the implant is out, put in an expander and let that all heal before considering putting the implant back in because of risk of infection. I did discover that he was familiar with my previous surgeon and the plastic surgeon that I had last time now works for them with his partner. I told him that I wasn't happy with the way my breasts turned out and he totally understood that and if I wanted I could be referred to the other.
It is refreshing though that since I had the last procedures done with Sharp, he knew of all three of the doctors (other than the gall bladder surgeon I couldn't remember) and also said that they all missed Dr. Mira (my previous oncologist). I mentioned to his assistant that it was odd I was seeing the surgeon first and then radiation then oncology and she said there is no real order to it. Well as long as they're all communicating and everyone is on page, I'm good with that. There is a possibility of having everything this time, surgery, chemo and radiation. It depends on how the MRI and chemo go, just a lot of 'wait and see' for biopsy and all that.
So, much rougher time this go around. not exactly what I had planned for the rest of my life.
"Sure, not every day will be good, but there will always be something good about every day. Notice these things and celebrate them. Train your mind to see what's right. Positivity is a choice."
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