April 15th, 2025

Sentinel lymph nodes removal/biopsy scheduled for May 5th. The general surgeon will remove them from both sides to determine whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. It’s basically the only pathway the cancer has and if it comes back negative, I’ll be cleared to have the mastectomy with reconstruction on May 13th.



The MRI shows the lymph nodes clear and no evidence of cancerous cells in it but we can only be 100% sure after this procedure (outpatient at Kaiser, basically no restrictions after).



If the results come back positive (meaning they found cancerous cells in the lymph nodes), then we can’t proceed with the reconstruction but the mastectomy is still necessary. The difference is that I will have to find out where else has the cancer gone and focus on treatment only.



We are pretty confident that I won’t need chemo or radiation. If all goes to plan, after the mastectomy, I will go through ovarian suppression therapy as treatment (which will trigger immediate menopause – fun!)


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