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Thanks for your response. It does amaze me to think about how many people have had more than 1 form of cancer. You are right that pain is not always present with cancer. I am fortunate to have such an amazing care team. I wasn’t really accurate when I stated that I am a year from finishing chemo for my breast cancer diagnosis. I finished my weekly infusions last December but continued with Herceptin until October. It was somewhat comforting to see my oncologist weekly and then every 3 weeks and now I am at every 3 months. I need to continue to make sure that I ask questions and advocate for myself. It sounds as if you have had a journey.

I hope that you have an amazing holiday with your family.

Thanks so much for your response and words of celebration. Your surgeons response makes total sense. My care team as probably been trying to tell me the same thing but not in such simple terms or perhaps I just wasn’t listening. I am glad that you listened to your body and they listened to you. Congratulations for being 9 years out.

I got my pathology result and it is good and bad news.  The good news is that it is not melanoma the bad news is that it is breast cancer.  I’m not exactly sure what my treatment plan will be besides surgery at this point since my HER2 was inconclusive and waiting the results on the additional testing and what is determined during surgery.  I am waiting for my surgery consult. One thing that is helpful is that I already have a relationship with my oncologist and surgeon.  I did meet with my oncologist and he spent a good amount of time with me and I felt a little better leaving his office. My sister had a bilateral mastectomy and she will be able to help me with the process

I got my pathology result and it is good and bad news.  The good news is that it is not melanoma the bad news is that it is breast cancer.  I’m not exactly sure what my treatment plan will be besides surgery at this point since my HER2 was inconclusive and waiting the results on the additional testing and what is determined during surgery.  I am waiting for my surgery consult. One thing that is helpful is that I already have a relationship with my oncologist and surgeon.  I did meet with my oncologist and he spent a good amount of time with me and I felt a little better leaving his office. My sister had a bilateral mastectomy and she will be able to help me with the process

Thank you for your response.  My biopsy is tomorrow and hopefully I will get my pathology report on the earlier side. I have been trying to keep busy to keep my mind from going to places it shouldn’t. I hope you have a great weekend!

Thanks for your response.  The mass is an 8mm irregular hypoechiic mass with an adjacent 4mm hypoechoic mass at 4:00 with a bi-rads rating of 4.