I had my MRI yesterday morning, and my surgeon already received the results by the late afternoon yesterday.  She called me to give me the information.

The left breast was clear of any involvement which is great, but the right still shows much involvement.  The doctor also told me that the MRI showed a couple of spots on my liver and they were recommending another diagnostic procedure to check on that.  It could be nothing, but since I am being worked up as a cancer patient, they have to rule out that it isn’t anything.  Oh boy!  More tests!

The rest of the biopsy came back which was to test for an oncogene called HER-2/neu which if positive would indicate a much more aggressive breast cancer.  IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE!  YES!  So that means that the cancer I have isn’t the aggressive form.  Good news on that note.

I met with the plastic surgeon today, and he gave me a some options.  I feel like my head is spinning with these choices.  There is positive and negative outcomes for anything you choose, so I have to really pray for what would be best for me.  It isn’t like going out and trying on a new dress and being able to take it back because it doesn’t quite look right.

Just three weeks ago, I would not have even thought I would have to make decisions like these.  I feel like I am playing out a story that is someone else’s story and not really mine.  It is a surreal experience.