Its July and we are finally getting the ball rolling with the oncologist, breast surgeon and plastic surgeon. The first appointment was with the oncologist who read all of the information sent to him by the surgeon in Oregon and sent me to the breast surgeon. He also set up blood work, CT scan and PET scan.
The breast surgeon requested yet another mammogram prior to her seeing me. Once in her office, we discussed what she sees and her thoughts. She believed that the two small tumors is actually a larger tumor. She also was worried about my lymph nodes and did a needle aspiration biopsy in the office. Unfortunately, that came back a cancerous. Based on what she was seeing, she was great with my desires of a double mastectomy. She felt that was the best choice also. She stated that we would end up doing not only the mastectomy but also remove the lymph node pad under my left arm and a sentinel node biopsy on the right side to check for cancer there also. When we were done, she referred me to the plastic surgeon.
The plastic surgeon is really easy on the eyes. He explained what will be happening during the immediate reconstruction. He showed my the tissue expander, which is really more of a plastic type feel compared to what I was thinking. For some reason, I was thinking that they were metal things. After our consultation, I called the plastic surgeon and told her I liked him and was ready to move forward with the "Double Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction" surgery. UGH... They coordinate their schedule and give me a surgery date of August 11th, almost a month later, but at least there is a date now.
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