Surgical Pathology Report

(Written in mid-November)

November 4th was an election day for the history books, but it was also a memorable day in my breast cancer journey. My mom and I were at Safeway when I got a VM. It was Dr. Awesome saying my post-surgery pathology report was in, and it was good news all around with no surprises. I love a doctor that gives you a heads up to expect good news on a VM, rather than keep you in suspense until the actual conversation.

I called him right back, and he reported that he removed the 1.4 cm tumor with clear margins all around (which meant no 2nd surgery!) and that the 2 lymph nodes he removed were confirmed as cancer-free! Yaaaay! Even though he'd told us immediately after the surgery that there weren't cancer cells in the sentinel lymph nodes, I'd been holding my breath til the lab completely dissected them to make sure. Whew! What a relief! I called Miles to tell him the joyous news!

Knock on wood... but I'm so thankful that since the awful diagnosis on October 6th, we haven't received any additional bad news. Let's keep it that way. Plskthx!