Surgery went well (as well as a surgery can) today. Lynn was released early and made it home by about 4:30 this afternoon. She is sore and tired, but glad to be home.
They did a lumpectomy, and removed some lymph nodes.
We are waiting for the pathology report on the tissues they removed today. The report should be done by our next doctor’s visit – May 4th or 5th. Our hope is that the report shows no living cancer cells. There remains a 30% chance that Lynn will need at least one additional surgery, and we will know more in about ten days.
Lynn has about a five-week recovery period, and then radiation will begin. We do not know how long radiation will last, but it will probably be 4-6 weeks.
We anticipate a “done” date for the entire treatment to be around August 1.
Then, we get back to doing this:
We are waiting for the pathology report on the tissues they removed today. The report should be done by our next doctor’s visit – May 4th or 5th. Our hope is that the report shows no living cancer cells. There remains a 30% chance that Lynn will need at least one additional surgery, and we will know more in about ten days.
Lynn has about a five-week recovery period, and then radiation will begin. We do not know how long radiation will last, but it will probably be 4-6 weeks.
We anticipate a “done” date for the entire treatment to be around August 1.
Then, we get back to doing this:
Lynn kayaking, Union Valley Reservoir, April 2008 - almost one year ago today.
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