We met with the breast surgeon



This morning we met with Dr. Schmidt.  We had an early appointment, which was sort of bad as we had to get up early, but good in so much that it is done.  We LOVE Dr. Schmidt, but to give you an idea, we saw him at 8am.  The appt was at 7.  Our original appt was 4pm, so this early option was much better.

The results of the tests (mainly the MRI, as it is the most important) came back clean.  I forget the term he used, but it essentially meant everything was nearly all gone.  This appeared to be the best result that we could have seen.  He was very pleased and said that radiation might not even be needed.  We talked about the surgery.  It will be the first week of May.  The operation takes about 1-2 hours and according to him is really fairly easy and straight forward.  I might ask if I can just have a go at it, that being the case.  She should be a bit off for about a week, but not horrible he said.  She will be off work for 2-4 weeks.  She will have tubes for drainage.  Sounds fun, that.

The impacted areas will be sent to a lab for analysis.  Should they came back clean of cancer, Jill will not need radiation.  If there are cancer cells, then there will be radiation.  We have expected radiation all along, so I do not see us being totally upset should that be the case.  Of course, no radiation would be the better option.

As such, that is really all we know at this time.  All good news.  We know the next step.  Come early to mid May we will have more info on the next step.

This afternoon we meet with the Gynecological Oncologist to discuss Jill’s ovaries and their impending eviction from her body.  I will post more on that tonight or tomorrow.