The outlier
Hi all, I’m back again. In feb this year they found a new tumour which at the time they thought was a bit they had missed from my lumpectomy but now they are thinking is a very early recurrence (2 mon...
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Just thought I would update. The surgery results came in on Thursday and they got clear margins. There were 5 focal points ranging in size from 1mm to 15mm growing out of an area of treatment effect. It was also in the nipple and skin around but doesn’t seem too widespread. All of the 11 lymph nodes taken were clear. So from a surgical perspective it was about as good as it could be. The surgeon said her 3 things she was most concerned about looked good (being the tumour being attached to the chest wall, extensive skin invasion and lymph nodes). It was weird in the appointment because while they were saying things looked good it always sounded like they were about to say “but….”. But the but never came. I’m seeing the oncologist on Wednesday to find out what their plan is. So far it sounds like she is planning on doing more of the same which doesn’t make sense to me as they have said it was treatment resistant. I guess I will find out the details on Wednesday.