My Mom

Tuesday evening, my mom's doctor called with her pathology report from her lumpectomy. It turns out she has invasive cancer and had to go back for surgery again yesterday. Keep in mind she just had surgery 10 days before. I took the day off (party day, mind you....I hope that sub wasn't too exhausted!) and met Amy and Mom at the hospital. Dr. P told us that the lumpectomy was in fact non-invasive, but when she had made her first visit to him, he had discovered a lump which he thought was a cyst. She had to have them (there were 2) biopsied, but was only able to get one due to bleeding, so Dr. P took the other one out during her first surgery. Well, turns out the one they didn't get to biopsy was invasive cancer. So Thursday's surgery was to take out lymph nodes to check for tumors. Her lymph nodes were negative (but they will dissect them just to make sure), so that means her invasive cancer is stage 1 and she has to now have full breast radation, but no chemo. Dr. P did say he got all the cancer out during the first surgery, but since it is 2 cancers, then she is not a candidate for the localized radiation. She did well during and after the surgery. So keep your prayers coming and hopefully this will be the last we hear of the C word!