Surgery Scheduled

March 1 - Surgery Scheduled

Mastectomy of right breast to be done on March 1 - this will include the dissection of lymph nodes to then accurately determine next phase of treatment.

Julie will be in hospital over night for oberservation then at home resting for at least 5 days after with a visit from a home nurse.

This week has been the continuance of tests and Operation Room (OR) prep.  We are both excited and anxious to have this phase of the process completed.  Julie remains incredibly positive.

Results of CT Scan

Week of Feb 21

CT Scan of Chest, Abdonmen and Pelvis all came back clear without any indication cancer is detected somewhere else.  Still waiting on complex pathology from specialist at Credit Valley Cancer Center.

Setting up OR time for Mastectomy within 2 to 3 weeks.  This will include the removal and dissection of a couple of lymph nodes to determine staging.  After that we will make a plan with Credit Valley Cancer Center for remainder of treatment (or additional surgery if more removal of nodes is required)

While still a long Journey ahead, all signs are pointing to Breast Cancer only.

Start of Tests

Week of Feb 12 to Feb 18
Met with Dr Miles Kealey, General Surgeon to discuss diagnosis and treatment options. While the needle core biopsies indicated invasive ductal carcinoma, it was "poorly differentiated" - requiring some additional tests to ensure best treatment.

Scheduled for Cat Scan on Friday Feb 17 - will review all results with Dr. Kealey and set OR date on Tuesday Feb 21.

Journey Begins

Week of February 5-11: Biopsy has confirmed that Julie "lump" in her right breast is breast Cancer (a maligment tumer)