Movement

MRI results show the tumor is sized as they thought, 1.2 centimeters. There doesnt appear to be any other suspicious items in either breast. I am a candidate for "breast conserving" surgery.

After a lot of talking; gathering of information, and thinking-- I've made the decision -- no matter the results of the genetic test; to not do the more comprehensive surgery. What this means is that we can move ahead with the removal of the tumor.

We have an appointment on August 17th for surgery. They may or may not do some "mapping" with needles before the surgery. We will be in St. Louis for at least 3 days and two nights; maybe more.

I have a call into the surgical nurse about details; including who is the coordinator of my overall plan.

I'm still pondering chemo. It's a scary thing in my mind, putting all those toxins in my body but it increases the odds on not having a reoccurrence of this cancer in a more dangerous place. It did shock me that that doctor was recommending it even without knowing the results of the tumor typing. Yah that's a question alright.

I'm still hopeful somehow I'll be spared of having the gene. But I think my girls are gonna have to tough it out even if I'm positive. Aside from the obvious reasons, just having such a major surgery freaks me out from a risk standpoint. It's way more time in the hospital, way more chances for infection and things to go wrong. That doesn't even look at what it would take to make new boobs if I wanted them. Crickey.

The protocol if gene positive and if you don't do a prophylactic double mastectomy is to have MRI every six months and mammo every six months; so any cancer can be caught early.

It's all a crap shoot to some degree. Guess I'm more of a gambler than I realized.

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