More Testing

The doctor was very thoughtful of me, and my drive in from Monroe. She set up all the test for the following day one after the other so I wouldn't have to make too many trips into Royal Oak. First up was the MRI. Talk about your noisy machines holy cow. I couldn't hear myself think. so I just prayed the whole time. It took about 1/2 hour. Then on to my ultrasound. The Radiologist came in and look herself and showed me one area of concern. Remember the dimple? That was the area. It appeared to be an inverted milk duct. My lymph nodes also looked good , there was no swelling or sign of cancer. So I left there feeling some relief for the first time since my diagnosis. A lumpectomy seem to be the way thing were heading as my course of treatment. Well that was short lived. The doctor called me the next day to let me know that my lymph nodes looked good but my dimple showed up to be an area of suspicion on the MRI. So the only course of action for me would be get a right breast mastectomy, with mapping of my lymph nodes so we could extract the one's closest to the mass and analyze them immediately in the operating room to be sure they were cancer free. After this news she asked me how I felt about this. I said this really stinks. I know we discussed this option, but now that it's a reality I felt like someone knocked the wind out of me. So the surgery was scheduled for October 30th at 9 am.