Mom had her appointment with Dr. Reddy, her cancer specialist. This was her appointment to determine the plan for post surgery. The options had been running through our heads... radiation, chemo, interferon.... we did not know what Dr. would tell us.
First let me say that Dr. Reddy is wonderful. I had worked with him some when I was at Regional, and never heard anything but good. And today's appointment supported his reputation. He was very thorough, caring and had a great sense of humor.
He told mom that after her surgery next week he would like to see her in 2 weeks. He told her that he is 99% positive that the lymph nodes they will remove that day will not be cancerous. And if that 1% hits mom, and the lymph nodes are cancerous, she would not have to have chemo. So that was 2 pieces of news that totally put
our worries to rest. If they find cancer, she would have to have interferon shots, rather than chemo. Great, great news :)
We just need to get past her surgery and recovery n
ext week. And we can close this chapter and move on to much happier chapter in our life together.
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