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Originally Posted by McheleM  So they're doing a lumpectomy?
Make sure they have clean margins before stitching you back up. Ask for it while your there in surgery. It can keep you from having to have another surgery later.
Are they taking lymph nodes? You need to also know if what the remove is ERP, PRP, HER2, triple negative. Your dr will know what these things are (basically is it estrogen fed, progesterone fed, etc. what's making this grow??), and these answers also determine any treatments if needed.
Do you mind me asking what hospital you'll be at?? I will gladly come sit and wait with you.... I don't mind at all. I've been exactly where you are numerous times, and I know just having someone there means a lot. Please message me if you want.....
P.s. Also look into BRCA testing if you can. Breast cancer puts you at higher risk for ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers. And a ca-125 series. |
Oh, thank you for all this information, Michele. I'll be sure to ask about what is removed and the kind, etc. I won't know until it's a lumpectomy I guess until I see the surgeon as the biopsy nurse said if there are a lot of other spots of calcium like the place that went bad, they might take the whole breast and then do a reconstruction later.
I have had a total hysterectomy years ago so they aren't too much concerned about the other areas. But I might look into BRCA depending it's costs and whether of not the surgeon recommends it. She is at the Sammons Cancer Center on the Baylor Dallas campus and did a lumpectomy on a good friend of mine back in 2003 I think it was. I have seen here for a fullness my PCP found in a breast one year that turned out to be nothing.
I imagine I'll have the surgery at Baylor Hospital on Gaston or one of the surgery centers affiliated with them. I imagine a lumpectomy is an out-patient procedure, isn't it? Today it seems they cut and send you home!
Your offer to come and sit up with me is just about the sweetest thing I've ever heard. I so appreciate it. Might just weaken and take you up on it but we'll see if I have to stay the night or what after my Wednesday doctor's appointment. Trying to stay courageous and strong.
You few ladies who have been there will be my lifeline to how to make it through all of this.