Hey oh, it's me again!
I now have a surgery date! Yahoo! The first step to getting past all this is finally set in motion. My surgery will be on Thursday, May 5th. Yes, that's right in two weeks from today! Holy cats, that's quick! That means for the next couple of weeks I'll have several appointments, as of now I have three next week and two the week after. They really like to keep us cancer patients on our toes - no two appointments are in the same location. Good thing it's not brain cancer I have, otherwise it might be hard to keep track of all these appointments!
Has the cancer spread, you might be asking yourself. Through a sentinel lymph node biopsy, doctors can tell with about 95% certainty whether the cancer has spread into the lymph nodes. (The sentinel node is the first lymph node to which a tumor drains, and therefore is the first place to which cancer is likely to spread) In order to increase the chances of finding the sentinel lymph node, UofM uses two methods: 1.) The night before the surgery they will inject a minimal amount of radioactive solution near the tumor. Three hours later they'll use a hand-held probe to find the "hot-spot" where the solution has accumulated (aka they'll locate the sentinel lymph node). This procedure will also help the surgeon by providing a map of the lymph nodes. 2.) On the day of the surgery the doctor will inject blue dye near the tumor, the dye will accumulate in the sentinel node. Along with the tumor, the surgeon will also take the sentinel node.
Due to the fact that I'm not sure whether my time with my boob is limited, last night I figured I would wear a dress that showed it off a little more than usual. Matt and I did a minor photo shoot with it... Attached is one of the said photos, where we are pointing at the boob in question, giving it a special shout-out, if you will. Hopefully you are okay with me becoming more open about boob talk... if not, well, feel free to complain to someone else ;)
Later gators,
Megan
Megan
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