1st Hospital Clinic Visit & Planning
Hi lovely ladies Short story so far. Found a lump, got it checked & biopsied. Positive. My hospital referral has gone through & 1st clinic appointment next Tuesday. I'm a "planner" in all things, ...
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Well, 1st visit done & dusted. Lumpectomy & full axillary clearance to Stage 2 scheduled for 12th December. The tumour is also growing into the skin & underlying muscle so that's gonna make surgery fun :) . The surgeon also mentioned that the QML radiologist flagged a "suspicious" area between 2 ribs at my sternum. I wasn't aware of that one. Hmmmmmmmmm
Surgery, Chemo, Rads & Tamoxifen have all been added to the treatment plan (I'm getting the full package. Well I do always say that if you're going to do something do it properly :wink: ). Really nothing I wasn't prepared for :)
Next week I've got Bone scan & CT scan booked for Monday, then pre-admissions clinic on Tuesday (they said 4-5 hours for that one!! Sheesh! :) ) I have a feeling that the scans might show something more, but we'll see how that goes. Grade 3 tumour with positive axillary lymph involvement in the initial Biopsy & also a region of concern at the sternum, lso have a low platelet count flagged on my 1st blood tests... doesn't bode well for a lovely contained & simple cancer. Hopefully it's all good, but as long as I know there's a "possibilty' of something, then I can be realistically prepared for it.
The week after next I have an MRI on Wednesday (I've agreed to be part of a research project that the hospital are running, they're trying to work out if an MRI will give enough evidence to diagnose cancer in a "less invasive" way than biopsies). Then surgery on Thursday.
And, today I cut my hair into a lovely pixie cut "in preperation".
Here we gooooooooooooo :) :) :)
Surgery, Chemo, Rads & Tamoxifen have all been added to the treatment plan (I'm getting the full package. Well I do always say that if you're going to do something do it properly :wink: ). Really nothing I wasn't prepared for :)
Next week I've got Bone scan & CT scan booked for Monday, then pre-admissions clinic on Tuesday (they said 4-5 hours for that one!! Sheesh! :) ) I have a feeling that the scans might show something more, but we'll see how that goes. Grade 3 tumour with positive axillary lymph involvement in the initial Biopsy & also a region of concern at the sternum, lso have a low platelet count flagged on my 1st blood tests... doesn't bode well for a lovely contained & simple cancer. Hopefully it's all good, but as long as I know there's a "possibilty' of something, then I can be realistically prepared for it.
The week after next I have an MRI on Wednesday (I've agreed to be part of a research project that the hospital are running, they're trying to work out if an MRI will give enough evidence to diagnose cancer in a "less invasive" way than biopsies). Then surgery on Thursday.
And, today I cut my hair into a lovely pixie cut "in preperation".
Here we gooooooooooooo :) :) :)