Good News!

I saw my surgeon yesterday afternoon for my one week post-op biopsy check. The incision is healing nicely. I'm a little sore, and itchy. All good things. No sign of infection, but then I am on an antibiotic for a sinus infection. The surgeon reviewed my pathology report. The pathology is infiltrating ductal carcinoma, well differentiated. Stage 1. Estrogen receptor +, progesterone receptor +. Tumor 7mm. All good things. He said I have a greater than 95% chance of surviving breast cancer, and go on to die of something else.

His office will be arranging a sentinel node biopsy, to make sure that there is no lymph node involvement. That would make things a different story. But because this is so small, and we have caught it so early, there is not much of a chance that it has spread.

My internist is arranging to get me into SIU Springfield Breast Cancer Center. There I will see a team of surgeons, including plastic surgeons, to help me get on the road to recovery.

Thank you, my guardian angel!