Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Meeting the Surgeon

On Monday I met with the surgeon.  Dr. Hills was a teacher’s dream doctor.  She diagramed a breast and explained all the internal workings, before she ever even discussed my diagnosis.  Rick seemed unusually interested in that partJ. Preliminary diagnosis:  Stage 1 or 2 invasive breast cancer with a tumor size of about 2 cm.  It was unclear at the time whether the tumor was ductal or lobular (originating in the milk duct or the lobe).  Didn’t really matter anyways-it was invasive, which in a nutshell meant it had invaded the surrounding tissue already.  I was scheduled for surgery on Dec. 11.

"And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."

Grandma Moses

 

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