Good news! The left side biopsy was NEGATIVE. I got a call from the surgeon today and we discussed the results and the surgery.

Again, we confirmed that mastectomy on the right side is the right way to go, with the plan to keep my skin and nipple. There are risks for that – sometimes parts of the skin doesn’t recover and those parts die and need to be removed. Also – risks include excessive bleeding, infection, and heart and lung injury.

The left side biopsy was negative, but the surgeon suggested (and I agreed) that she will do a – I think she called it “incision biopsy” – at the same time as the other surgery, so they can get that out and really check the whole thing.

Also, before the surgery they inject a substance in the breast that will identify the “sentinel node” – the lymph node that is the first in line for anything that comes from the breast. They take that node out and biopsy it to make sure it is clear. We also decided to do that on the left side as well, because why not be safe?

She said she would order the surgery and a scheduler would contact me to actually schedule it. She also said I would need to talk to the plastic surgeon.

Soon after that the plastic surgeon’s office called me to schedule an appointment for tomorrow. That is scheduled for 1:00, and then I talk to the medical oncologist at 3:00.

I hope that by the end of the day I’ll have all my ducks in a row. And a surgery date!