Surgery confirmed:
Have opted for lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy, and radiation..
I will be having my surgery tomorrow. Jan 11th
I have to be there at 0715 to nuclear medicine… get injected with radioactive dye – to see which are the sentinel lymph nodes.
Then I go to surgical admissions and get a fine wire insertion into right breast (to show surgeon where rxactly the tumour is), where to cut
Then I have surgery 2 pm.
I expect to be home that evening….
I will have to wait for the staging and see if it has spread to the lymph.. if it has, will need to do mastectomy and lymphadenectomy… and chemo etc…
But for now… lumpectomy/sentinel/radiation x 3.5-6 weeks……
Wish me luck. M will be with me, and Maggie is coming to be there as well. 🙂 I’m a lucky gal.
…Pam…
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and add me down here in Lethbridge as well (((hugs))))
Hoping for the very best for you Pam. Glad they caught it early.. fingers and toes crossed all across Calgary…………….XXOO Cathy
Good luck (((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))) Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts and prayers. Happy to hear Maggie is coming with you as well. Lots of physical support and lots of online support all round the world Pam – be strong 🙂 which I know you are and will be ….. (((hugs)))