Today we met with Dr. Charles James (surgeon) to get the report on the MRI.
Short Version: No other evidence of cancer anywhere!
Long Version:
I went to this appointment with a fair amount of anxiety. The last few appointments had delivered progressively worse news. I was anticipating the worst.
When the nurse called me back I sensed a lighter tone.... wishful hoping? Then she put us in a different room than the 2 previous appointments. I am thinking....maybe there is a good news room and a bad news room ;)
Dr. had just returned from a vacation in the Colorado, Utah area with his family. They did some rafting on the Colorado River. We visited about that and compared rafting trips. We rafted the Payette River in Idaho (South Fork Canyon) He shared that they were disappointed, they were not participants in the raft trip..just spectators. There were only class 2 and 3 rapids. It was more of a float trip than rafting. We on the other hand had a fabulous participative raft trip with many 3 and 4 class rapids and some great pictures to prove it. I hope to have those by the end of the week to share with you :) We had a great chat!
Then he said. "I have good news for you! The MRI shows no additional areas of concern. I still want to do surgery and check the lymph nodes. It is very unlikely I will find anything. But it is better to be safe than sorry."
And I agree!
Here is verbiage what what I assume is the summary of the report:\
IMPRESSION
1. Status post right breast lumpectomy with benign-appearing postoperative seroma cavity; birads 6
2. negative for residual disease within the right breast
3. benign-appearing left breast parenchyma, demonstrating scattered foci of type I progressive enhancement consistent with proliferative breast disease.
4. Negative for multicentric or multifocal breast carcinoma.
As I understand it Chemo and Radiation are still in the picture. I won't see the Oncologist until after the 31st when I get the results of the Lumpectomy and Lymph Node Surgery. I have more surgery on Thursday the 23rd.
We are celebrating this Good News.
Praying for God's continued peace.
About Me
- Arlene Winn
- Weston, Oregon, United States
- I am a busy and happy 53 year woman who completed Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatments for breast cancer and is now looking forward to fall, gardening and full recovery!
5 comments:
Arlene, I'm happy to hear this good news.
Arelene:
I've added this to my Bloglines account and will try to stay up-to-date. This is great news here, but I will keep you in my prayers.
Love,
Hi Arlene, ditto what Steve said. We just found out about this today and I'm sorry you've been dealing with the anxiety of it all for over a month now. Thank you for keeping us posted. We'll be praying on Thursday. Your situation sounds very much like a friend of mine. She went through the stages you have so far, did chemo and radiation and has been cancer free now for over 2 1/2 years!
What great news! :D
Thanks for posting all of your updates. Selfishly, this will help me keep up without having to get second or third hand information. I'm glad that the MRI is clean. in regards to your gift bag, I think every person lives life with their own point of view. There is no truly universal experience. Everyone has the right to feel their own way and I know that your support group is right here online and in your home and your church and your community and your gift bag is your faith and love of your family and friends! Some people don't have that and for them, a gift bag is their link to something they need. You should feel thankful - not repulsed that your life is so richly blessed that a gift bag seems trivial to you and pray for those whose lives are deeply impacted by that gift bag because that is all the support they have. I don't worry about your strength to deal with this - even if you do ;-) I've known Aunt Arlene almost my whole life (or at least as long as I can remember back) and I know what a tough lady she is. You will hit this challenge head on! From personal experience, the blogging is more about recording your progress and getting a much needed outlet for expressing yourself! Our love, prayers, wishes, thoughts and all kinds of positive thinking are flying your way!!
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