I don't remember WHEN a doctor ever called me directly, let alone several times now. Today Dr. Schmidt called me again to discuss how she wants to proceed with my treatment. I really appreciate her letting me in on what she is thinking on my behalf. Most of my other clinics send phone messages, or mail letters to me about such things, or when I call their offices, I have to go through a lot of recordings, and pushing numbers to [hopefully] find out what I need to know.
She had a conference with a number of other surgeons & oncologists. There is a new approach to my kind of cancer which is working well and getting good results. That is, getting chemotherapy started BEFORE the surgery. The advantage of this is that it shrinks the cancer and makes it more defineable as they go in to remove it.
SO, next Tuesday, when I was scheduled for my mastectomy--which I cannot have due to my shingles, I will have a port put under the skin on my right shoulder. This creates an easy entry for administering the chemo frequently without constantly being stuck with needles.
As of today, the Surgeon and the Oncologist have not connected, and they will have to work out the details of when my surgery can be done.
I spent some time getting aquainted with my new laptop, and then went out with my girlfriends to a movie this evening. Thank Goodness for my Dear Friends! Love you ALL!
Mary
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