Treatment Plan

We Have a Plan - One Step at a Time

I got to spend some quality time with both my oncologist and especially my surgeon today.

I learned a lot about breast cancer surgery options. The treatment plan all winds down to a couple of key decision points.

1. The first decision point is which type of surgery I’ll have. That depends on whether I have the BRCA gene mutation. If I don’t, then it’s a lumpectomy and radiation. Otherwise, I’ll have to have a double mastectomy, and there’s no need for radiation treatments in that case.

2. The second decision point is whether the cancer has made it to my lymph nodes. If not, I won’t need chemotherapy. If it has, they’ll do a genetic test of the cancer cells to see which treatment will be best.

That’s it. I have to wait 2-3 weeks to see if I have the BRCA mutation or not. Surgery is already scheduled. It’s just a matter of which one I’ll be getting. Then we’ll know what the next step is.

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