I went to my new internal medicine doctor on Monday. I think I will like her. She isn't too busy now so she can take the time to listen and explain. She laughs at my joke which makes me happy (I am too sarcastic for my own good and so many people take me seriously). I told her about the line in "The Devil wears Prada" where she says "I'm only one stomach flu away from my ideal weight". I'm changing it to "I'm only one cancer away from my ideal weight" - Cancer has to be good for something, right! She laughed and agreed.
Tuesday I saw the radiologist. My official path report is in. Cancer only in the one area. Strongly ER+/PR+ which is good because they have medications to shut off those receptors. Her2 neg. which is good because that is a more aggressive type and only 5% Ki67 which is a good prognosis because it means the cells are dividing slowly. People with a high Ki usually have a poorer prognosis and a higher rate of recurrence. It makes me a lousy candidate for chemo which is something that I am happy about too - as long as they don't find cancer in my lymph nodes. All in all I couldn't ask for more.
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