Surgery is set!

Sorry for the delayed update, but we hit a few bumps in the road. 

So, I had my MRI February 16th as planned.  I then went to my oncologist on the 20th and the surgeon on the 21st.  Those appointments were a little tough since the MRI had not been read.  The oncologist explained I would see her every 6 weeks until August to check in and have my immunotherapy.  I couldn’t have the immunotherapy that day since it is a new year we had to wait until the insurance approved.   Next, we had the appointment with surgeon which was informative as he gave us the options for surgery.  It was decided that a lumpectomy and reconstruction followed by radiation was my best option.  

We quickly had it scheduled (for the next week) pending the MRI results.  Well, you guessed it, here is where we hit the bump in the road.  The MRI report was in, and they could see a new spot on the other side.  A biopsy was scheduled for the next week and surgery was canceled.  We needed to find out what this new spot was.  My conversation with the doctor went like this; me: is it normal to get cancer when you are just finished with chemotherapy? Doctor: it could happen, but I am hopeful it is just a cyst. I felt like we hit the rewind button and we were right back where we started in June 2022.  Man, what a rollercoaster ride.  Oh, by the way I am not a fan of rollercoasters.   We went for the biopsy on the 28th.  They started the procedure off with another MRI just of the left side so they would have a clear direction of the area to biopsy.  This time the spot was not there, prayers answered.  So, no biopsy was performed, yay. 

Now we go back to the plan for surgery.  It is scheduled for Wednesday, March 22nd.