Results

So, good news and bad really....as these things always go!  First of all the best news is that the lymph node was clear with no signs of cancer.  This is really the most important bit. If there had been signs of cancer then I would have had to have the rest of the lymph nodes removed which has long term implications.  Additionally, the fact that cancer has not made a home in my lymph nodes means the chances of it having made a home elsewhere in my body is less.

Ok, so the bad news, and it's not terrible, is that I need to have more surgery on the breast.  On the scans it looked like chemo had shrunk the tumour from almost 4cm to about 1cm.  However the pathology shows cancer cells still remaining across the whole original tumour mass.  Basically the chemo has punched holes in the tumour and destroyed most of it but left cells remaining.  The surgery that was planned was to remove the affected area but what they expected to see was a small tumour at the centre surrounded by scar tissue.  Instead there was tumour surrounded by scar tissue interspersed will cancer.  So, they have to go back in and remove a little bit more.  Like scooping out a melon!  If they still don't get clear tissue without cancer then I'll be back in for full mastectomy.

So, I'm back in for surgery tomorrow!  Bit of a shock and not what I had planned for my Friday, but its better than waiting for a week or two as it just sets everything else back even further.  Luckily they had space for me tomorrow.

Eye update....I have none!  A detailed orbital  MRI has been ordered, urgently apparently so should be within the next few weeks but nobody can tell me when!  I'm beyond frustrated about it and will get back on the case again on Monday!

Thank you to all my friends and family for all your kind wishes and thoughts.  I know there are so
many people thinking of me and waiting to hear what the news is.  I'm sorry I can't speak to everyone personally but I'm bored of telling this story already!  I'm so pleased I can write this blog to let
you all know without telling it or writing it over and over!  I honestly feel absolutely fine about it all, obviously I would have preferred not to have further surgery but, it is what it is.  I recovered really well first time so can do it again and I know what to expect this time.

So there we go, déjà vu ..... surgery tomorrow.....see you on the other side.

:-)