So this week was a busy week. Month end at work, chemo, appointment with my breast surgeon - not to mention the every day craziness of life!
I see my oncologist for a check up before I go to infusion. I look good, blood work looks good and my liver numbers are good. Infusion went off without a hitch - check, check!
Thursday I went to see my breast surgeon for my monthly appointment. Pretty routine at this point but it is always a good visit because she tracks the size of the tumor in my breast and it is has been shrinking since I started chemo on December 2nd.
At my first appointment w/ Dr. L the tumor in my breast was 11cm x 7cm.
Six days after my first round of chemo the tumor was 2cm smaller.
Before my 3rd round of chemo it was 1.7cm x 1.3cm.
This visit it was GONE!! Yes - you read it correctly -G.O.N.E.!! Dr. L did an ultrasound and found nothing but healthy tissue!!
What does this mean? Since the breast tumor is the only tumor we can easily track from one appointment to the next the doctors assume if the chemo is working in my breast that it is working every where else.
What happens next? I have another pet scan on the 22nd to see the progress in my liver and bones.
Will I still have a mastectomy? Yes. My oncologist will change up my chemo drugs after the 6th treatment. I will stay on the the revised combination for 3 months and rescan. If nothing "pops back up" in the scan then we will decide on a surgery date.
This is a small victory in a much bigger fight but I will take it!
No comments:
Post a Comment