Sorry for the short notice, but we just found out that there was a cancellation in the surgeon's schedule and mom will be having her surgery tomorrow.
Mom met with her surgeon yesterday (Tuesday) to talk about treatment options now that she has decided not to particpate in the chemo-prior to surgery clinical trial. The surgeon said that there is no difference in survival rates between mastectomy and lumpectomy treatments, so mom could decide on either. But that she would recover faster if she had a lumpectomy...and faster recovery means that she would be on to the next course of treatment (chemotherapy) sooner. That seems like the best option in getting rid of the all the cancer (tumor, lymphnodes and any other cancer cells that may have escaped the tumor).
So tomorrow, mom will check in to UCSD Thornton Hospital at 10:30am. She is scheduled to have her lumpectomy around 1:30pm. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers throughout the day. She will stay in the hospital overnight due to the lyphmnode dissection. But I am sure she will be home by early afternoon Friday.
I will keep you all posted on the outcome of the surgery. As always thank you for your love and support for mom!
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine..."
Ephesians 3:20
Here's to a successful surgery and speedy recovery! ~Mandie and family
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