Today we had our lumpectomy. The surgeon really disappointed us though. He did not get clear margins, he said he had to stop because he was worried about the appearance of the breast when he was done. We agreed that the appearance would have needed some reconstruction but him quitting with positive margins just means we'll have to have more surgery later. In fact we were prepared for a simple mastectomy if that's what he decided.
The good news today was no lymph node involvement. Node status is one of the biggest single tipping points in determining if the cancer is spreading. Also we have no vessel invasion (LVI) found in the tumor. An LVI is not as serious as a positive lymph node, but it is a sign of aggression.
The bad news is the tumor is 23mm, much bigger than we had hoped, and there's more left to get.
We know our stage though, we're Stage IIA, more specifically we're T2 pN0 MX.
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