February 6, 2012

Today we went to the oncologist again for full diagnosis.

First the bone marrow came back clean. That is really good news. It's totally clean with all working cells. Her bone marrow is even working better for her age so he said that was good. Her heart scan was good. She can do full chemo. The brain scan came back good and clean. Nothing in brain. There is no cancer in her bones.

The neck ct found something on her right side of her thyroid. At this point it could be lymphoma or Thyroid cancer or nothing. She will have a biopsy this week to find out. Treatment is the same. Unless it's thyroid cancer then it will need to be removed. But chemo is the same. However it could also be benign and unrelated.

The PET scan scans the entire body and did find lymphoma in her left breast in one of the mammary glands.
Because the mass is on her right side and it's her left breast... It's stage three lymphoma.

So far treatment is the same though because her main mass is large she would need several cycles anyway.
Sooooo she starts chemo on Monday the 13th. She will need to do 6-8 cycles. Each cycle is 21 days she receives the chemo drugs one day 1. And then when all the chemo is done she will do radiation to further shrink the big tumer. No surgery.

The doctor says everything is very treatable and she should live 10+ years. When this is all said done it should all be gone and she goes on to live a normal life.