Here's the summary of the appointment:
- 6 rounds of chemotherapy - it goes like this: get a treatment....wait 3 weeks....get another treatment......
- PET Scan this Thursday to see if the cancer has spread anywhere else....he said I have about a 5% chance of that.....I promise you, I'm going to buy a lottery ticket if I fall in that 5%......fingers crossed that they'll be able to give me the results this Friday before they close.
- I'll be radioactive when I leave that appointment and cannot be around the girls for at least 18 hours....so, maybe I'll find myself a nice little hotel.....
- Next Monday or Tuesday, I'll have a 'port' surgically inserted into my upper chest area....this will make it easier on me during the treatments because they won't have to do an IV each time....and I am glad for that! I hate those things so much.
- Next Thursday, I'll have a follow up appointment with Dr. Butler, I think to check the port and to review the PET Scan
- Radiation will follow the chemotherapy....it will not be a big deal....5 days a week for 6 weeks if I understood it correctly
- Because my lymphnodes were clear and I'm getting chemo and radiation, I will have a little over 10% chance of my cancer recurring
- It is very rare to have a triple negative result on your hormone receptors....and that's what I have....so it limits them as to what medicines they can use on me....but there is a possiblity of a trial that I could participate in that I'll find out more about later.
Have you done your self breast exam yet? Huh? Huh? Huh?
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ReplyDeleteAmen, Andrea! I second everything you said!
ReplyDeleteHad my mammies grammed today! Holding you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for the blog...it is really incredible.
ReplyDeleteI am with you girl all the way! With being a breast cancer survivor and also one that had triple negative breast cancer..i know exactly what you are going through ..and i am here for you anytime. I was diagnosed in 2008 and have been in medical remission since Dec. 2009. I also used to be in the medical field and have a breast cancer support group along with my husband on FB...So you will always have support..
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