Guess that's better than I thought, actually. There is a 15% chance of the cancer coming back. I saw the Oncologist today. His name is Dr. Jeffrey Isaacs, and he is wonderful :) Awesome personality, older, cautious, took his time talking to me and hubby, has ordered a Chest X ray and a Nuclear Total Body Bone Scan...but no PET SCAN, he said it was too expensive and wouldn't tell him what he wanted to know anyway:) He's from South Africa and has a lovely accent. I liked the way he talked :)
So, the rest of what he had to say is that he doesn't think I will need chemo. Only the hormone pill. But, because I already have osteopenia, (a precursor to osteoporosis) he wants to get the other results in before he decides what pill I should be on. Some of the pills cause more bone loss than others. And since he feels my prognosis is good, he doesn't want to give me a pill that will cause more harm than good. So, I go back to his office in a month....and we will go from there.
Maybe by then these blasted drains will be out!
Hugs to all :)
Suzanne
So glad you had a good visit with the doctor. It sounds like you got a great one! I am so glad you don't have to have chemo - now you can just focus on healing. Keeping you as always in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sherry.....I know all the thoughts and prayers are helping me thru this :)
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