MRI and Surgery Plans

This will be a two part series with more updates later in the week.

After an hour wait in the waiting room and about 20 minutes in the exam room we were able to see Dr. Whitworth and get the low down on what 8 treatments of chemo has resulted in and how we will move forward to step two.

Dr. Whitworth is a very patient, great bedside manner doctor. He told us the tumor has shrunk to nothing showing and that was great news. We discussed several choices which put me of course into a whirlwind thinking I only had one option. We discussed all the "what if's" and case scenarios and were able to determine I will see the plastic surgeon as soon as possible and prior to my surgery (in two to three weeks) and then make the final decision of what route to take. It all has to deal with the final reconstruction once I make my surgery choice, which in turn will affect my radiation option.

We drove home from the office in silence. Every time Nick talked to me I would burst into tears. The wait is the worst through all of this and now making a decision is another hurdle. Bottom line as well is either decision will not change my survival rate.

Dr. Whitworth said that I need to go with what my gut is telling me and right now my heads so confused that all it says is "feed me".

I came home and took a nap to settle the brain cells and will know wait for my next two appointments - Plastic surgeon and surgery date