# Results from the surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496 "2008-06-19T18:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/1 "2008-06-19T18:18:50Z")
Everything is free and clear…almost. The mass on Righty was nothing. Benign, and all gone. The lymph nodes are clear. That’s VERY good news. Of the two areas on Lefty, the one they thought was pre-cancerous was actually becoming cancerous…but it’s all gone. They didn’t quite get all the clear margins on the second one that they wanted to, but they’re almost there. One more surgery (scheduled for next Thursday, Lumpectomy Lite) and I should be set. They may or may not input a chemo port at that time. So far, so good! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/2 "2008-06-19T18:23:32Z")
🙂 That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/3 "2008-06-19T18:27:27Z")
Good news. Hope the next operation goes smoothly. Does this mean that radiation is off the table? ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/4 "2008-06-19T18:31:09Z")
Awesometastic! I’ve been watching your threads and have been thinking of you! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/5 "2008-06-19T18:32:22Z")
Very, very excellent news. And best wishes for the upcoming surgery! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/6 "2008-06-19T18:34:23Z")
That’s great! ---
**Author:** ![A\_Priori\_Tea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@A\_Priori\_Tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Priori_Tea)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/7 "2008-06-19T18:37:24Z")
Woohoo! That’s fantabulous news! Glad to hear no boat-burning will be necessary, even though it would’ve been fun. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/8 "2008-06-19T18:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Good news. Hope the next operation goes smoothly. Does this mean that radiation is off the table? [/QUOTE] No, radiation is a must. Research has found the survival rates are much better with lumpectomy + radiation vs lumpectomy alone. The iffy thing is the chemo…whether or not I will need that. I would go through chemo first, then the radiation. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/9 "2008-06-19T18:46:28Z")
Fantastic news!!! Best wishes that everything else goes as smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/10 "2008-06-19T19:09:05Z")
Good to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/11 "2008-06-19T19:10:50Z")
Great news. Sending even more healing thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/12 "2008-06-19T19:30:16Z")
I made the doctor blush though. 😃 As I mentioned in the other thread, I’ve had very minimal pain. I wouldn’t even call it pain…a twinge here and there, some achiness, but that’s it. I took the last pain pill before bed last night. So today, I mentioned to my surgeon that either he was very skilled or that I got on top of the pills and stayed there because I haven’t had any pain. He sort of looked down and squirmed, then looked up and pointed at me and said, “I think most of it has to do with you…some people just deal with pain better or heal better.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/13 "2008-06-19T19:44:41Z")
Fantastic news! Sounds like you’re on the right path to beating this. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/14 "2008-06-19T20:18:57Z")
Hurray!!! This is such nice news. I needed a pick-me-up, and this did it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/15 "2008-06-19T20:25:17Z")
Oh, I’m so glad to hear it! What good news. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/16 "2008-06-19T20:25:18Z")
That round of prayers was answered. On with the next. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/17 "2008-06-19T20:25:28Z")
I’m glad hear such good news, **ivylass**! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/18 "2008-06-19T20:50:47Z")
Woohoo! Take that, cancer! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/19 "2008-06-19T21:22:27Z")
Excellent! Sorry you’ve got to go for another mini-lumpectomy but woohoo on everything else! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496/20 "2008-06-19T21:24:16Z")
Bah. We were never worried. But we’re really happy anyway 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-from-the-surgery/453496.md?page=2)