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JoeyLiz
8 years agoMember
Complete Pathological Response
I had my surgery (wide local excision and sentinel node biopsy) 2 wks ago, today I saw my surgeon and the pathology report showed a complete pathological response!!! So pleased! I have a bit of a seroma but not enough to warrant drainage, hopefully it’s gone by the time I have my radiation planning on the 12th, now to practice my breath hold!
14 Replies
- tigerbethMemberGreat news @JoeyLiz fantastic outcome for you !
Hope the rads go well for you , they should as you know the drill , probably daunting being on the other end of it !
Found out my rads start on 14/6 not really looking forward to this next bit !! :# - JoeyLizMember@lrb_03 yes I will be keeping an eye on it and if it doesn’t go by my planning session I’ll get it drained, I went into work today to say hello and my rad Onc was very excited as she already new the results, I told her of the seroma and she said we can check how it’s going before the scan
- lrb_03MemberFantastic news, just what I was hoping for, for you. Have been thinking of you today.
The best news you could have had.
Be careful with thst seroma. I ended up with an infection in mine, 9 days in to Radiotherapy, which the radiologist strongly recommended draining. Asked him to try to speak to my Rad Onc, but he couldn't get on to her. Worst decision I could have made, as you'd know. For the next couple treatments I was on the table for 1&1/2 - 2hours, took another week to get it back to a normal timeframe. Learnt my lesson the hard way :p - kmakmMemberBrilliant brilliant brilliant! I'm so happy for you. :) <3 :* K xox
- SoldierCrabMemberCongratulations wonderful outcome
- Kiwi_AngelMember@JoeyLiz I didn’t know what that meant either but that’s great news!!
- Patti_JMemberOK. Thanks.
- JoeyLizMember@"Patti J" it’s where the chemo has gotten rid of all cancer cells before surgery, as opposed to a “partial pathological response” where it’s just shrunk the tumour
- Patti_JMember@JoeyLiz What is a "complete pathological response"? I have never heard that wording before.
- SisterMemberGreat news @JoeyLiz!