"I am kindly asked by Dr. Kaufhold to assist in the care of this lovely 46 year old lady who has inflammatory carcinoma of the right breast," writes DrMaryKatherineMurphy in the summary of her biopsy. Not your usual dry, boring medical report.
So there it was, confirmed, right there on paper. I had cancer.
The good news was that although inflammatory carcinoma was fast moving, my type had hormone receptors that ensured success with the type of chemo that would be given to me.
Because I felt OK, except for my boob hurting. DrMaryKatherineMurphy felt that the cancer had remained in the breast and had not spread to any other part of my body except for a small lump maybe in my lymph nodes that was too small to biopsy.
This brought me to stage III cancer out of IV stages. The plan was four months of chemo to shrink the 3.5 centimeter tumor, a double mastectomy that would include reconstructive surgery, and then radiation after that.
Up next, a PET scan and meeting my oncologist.
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