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More good news

Posted in Breast cancer by amandalinn on November 27, 2008

Just like the breast MRI, the PET scan showed no signs of cancer. So either I have Stage 4 cancer and it’s in remission from the chemo, or that liver stuff was never cancer. Either way I’m glad it’s not showing up. The lymph nodes are clear and I get to keep them. I will have radiation on them.

I’m going to have a mastectomy on the right side only, probably either Dec 16 or Dec 19. My surgeon is sweet and comforting. She says it won’t hurt very much, I’ll just be sore.

The surgeon used the word “inflammatory” repeatedly. The oncologist was cagey about that word, possibly so I would not panic. I had some skin effects when we started.

I’ve had a few moments of backlash reaction about the stage 4 possibility. But I already knew about it really, and I’m mostly feeling positive.


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  1. nvaine said, on November 27, 2008 at 1:41 am

    I’m confused, but that’s just a lack of information. What liver stuff? (If you point me to something obvious like the previous blog entry, I’ll just shut up. :^)

    Congrats on the lymph nodes, and good luck with the mastectomy. I’d like to offer lots of comforting information, but I don’t have much. All I do know is that the women I’ve known who have gone through it have all passed it off like it was no big deal. Hopefully it will be no big deal.

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  2. amandalinn said, on November 27, 2008 at 2:15 am

    Thanks…I hope so too.

    Try this: http://amandalinn.wordpress.com/cancer-stuff/

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  3. nvaine said, on November 27, 2008 at 3:26 am

    Aha! I’m going to use the fact that you just updated “about my cancer” as my excuse, even though that part has been there for a while. (Duh.)

    Having been through a liver biopsy, I can understand why you’d want to skip it. If nothing is there now, it sounds like good news.

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  4. pamajama said, on November 27, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    I wish I understood more about this stuff. I’m sure you wish you didn’t:)

    It would be a bigger deal if I lost my left boob, since it’s the only one I really use. I think it was also usually the favorite when the kids were nursing. How did that happen? They’re both incredibly saggy at this point & I wonder about putting clothespins on my shoulders to pull up the skin, but it’s painful:)

    Sending love & kisses to the new couple on their first Thanksgiving as husband and wife:) Ahh, so romantic!

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  5. amandalinn said, on November 28, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Okay, I’m still trying to figure this out: “my left boob, since it’s the only one I really use.”

    The husband said you meant for nursing, but you said “also”.

    So what are you using it for? Is that the one you put the tassel on, when you dance?

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