I forgot to share with you the pathology report after surgery. Actually, my surgeon forgot to call me and explain the results so I called her today to find out the official results.
No cancer cells were found in the lymph nodes, no cancer in the right breast, and the initial diagnosis of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) in my left breast turned to Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), which was all great news. What that all means is that:
I'M CANER FREE!!!
My doctor said this was an excellent result. The chemotherapy killed the cancer that was on the outside of the duct which made the cancer invasive and aggressive (IDC) and the mastectomy removed the rest of the cancer that was isolated inside the duct (DCIS).
These results still do not keep me from having radiation. I'm not sure exactly why but I will get that information from my radiation oncologist next Tuesday, January 22nd. I met with him right before surgery and his initial recommendation was 30 treatments, which is 5 days a week for 6 weeks. That treatment plan may or may not change based on these results.
I will be posting more updates shortly.
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