Clear Margins - Yippee! On to Radiation.

The margins around the surgical site were free of cancer. That means on to radiation. I visited the Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Kuske, this morning and we again discussed the, "suspicious lymph node" that showed up on the MRI. It was not the sentinel node. The question of the day is whether to aspirate it before radiation or just wait until after treatment. The chance that there is cancer in that node despite none being noted in the sentinel node is less than 4%. Dr. Kuske and Dr. O'Neill are going to discuss today and get back to me.


There was another radiation oncologist working with Dr. Kuske today named Dr. Chowdry. He came from Alberta, Canada to learn more about partial breast radiation. Both the docs were very impress with my surgical site. Dr. Kuske said, " You don't know how many surgeons hack off 1/3 of the breast to get the same size area. We have seen several concave breasts this morning already with actual cancer sites the same size as yours. " I am really pleased with the results myself - I still think Dr. O'Neill is amazing!


Karise gave Courtney, Ali and I each a pink wish necklace. They are delicate and beautiful. The idea is that you wear the necklace until the string breaks and then your wish will come true. We tried them on and rushed into the mirror to look at them. Here is a picture of the three of us with our wish charms.