Friday, October 17, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008
I have once again befuddled them! 10/17/08
I know it's been a while but really, there was nothing to report until now.As has happened a few times in this process, I have again kind of stumped the experts.Here's how it went.After my last appointment, 3 weeks ago, with the oncologist she was going to order the Onco Type DX report to determine for sure if chemo is needed. Well, after some confusion at Rose apparently getting the samples to the company that does the test, it finally got there. Results were supposed to be back in 2 weeks so that is when I set my appointment. Well, last Friday was the two weeks and I had an inkling that the results weren't back yet so I called before my appointment and sure enough, they weren't there. I rescheduled for today.Mary (my sister) and I got there today, doctor comes in and apologizes for the confusion last week and explains the confusion getting the sample to the lab. Then she said, "but that's not the end of the story". I started laughing. Just par for the course in this thing. Well, it turns out that the sample they got doesn't have enough cells in it for them to do their test. LOL So, the doctor said that she doesn't think that the benefit of chemo would be worth what you have to go through so, we are going with what we originally thought would be the case and that is, 6 weeks of radiation and 5 years of Tamoxifen or it's equal once I am considered post menopausal. I'll take it!!!Yay!!!! What a relief. I think I can now move forward. Who knows what crazy twists and turns this will take in the future but at least we have direction.