Reeka's blog: "Cancer stuffs"

I finally heard back from my surgical oncologist, who apologized and hadn't realized nobody had called me yet about my pathology results. Soooooo.... good news and bad news. The good news - my lymph node came back negative, meaning the cancer did not spread. The bad news - there was apparently a bit of tumor very close to where they were removing tissue during the mastectomy. The radiation oncologist will determine whether they feel I need radiation or not. He says it's VERY small and sometimes they radiate, sometimes they don't. I'm to go in for a followup at the Breast Care Clinic on Monday 3/23. -------------------------------- Update: Just heard back from my primary care doc, who I called this afternoon after not hearing back from my oncologist. She says the margin of resection was positive in the lower outer portion of my breast - this is what may cause them to do radiation to prevent recurrence. She also said all the tumors were confirmed DCIS and NOT invasive. And they were all estrogen and progesterone positive, meaning I will probably have hormone therapy to induce early menopause to further improve my chances of not getting it back.