Thank you all for the prayers and the calls of support.

Lynn’s tumor is Triple-Negative, meaning that it does not respond to targeted treatment the way most other forms of breast cancers do. About 15% of all breast cancers are Triple-Negative. This is an aggressive, fast-growing type of cancer with a high rate of metastasis.

Lynn will undergo a few more tests to determine if there are other tumors outside the breast area. Lynn will have an MRI tomorrow and a full-body PET scan on Wednesday, December 3rd. We should have test results by Dec 5th.

Lynn will also undergo a heart scan tomorrow because the chemotherapy regime she needs is hard on the heart, and the doctors need to be sure her heart is healthy before they begin. She has never had any cardiac issues so we expect this to come back just fine.

Lynn’s treatment will begin with “Dose Dense” chemotherapy administered once every other week for 16 weeks. Her first treatment is scheduled for the morning of Monday December 8th. Her hair will fall out, likely between weeks 2 and 4.

Once the chemotherapy is completed, she will undergo surgery to remove the existing tumors, followed by radiation in her chest to remove any remaining cancer cells. We do not yet know whether the surgery will be a mastectomy or quadrant lumpectomy.

We are also taking care of issues with leave from work, disability, etc that need to be wrapped up by the second week of December. We should have all this finalized by the middle of next week.