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[HandsOffItsMine]

Dear Forum Family/Friends,

Well my major prayer was answered...the largest growth is NOT in my lymph node! This is very, very good news, it's in the breast tissue!! The radiologist was convinced that it was located within the lymph node and that would make the diagnosis/treatment worse.

Now, I like Dr. Shroff, good bedside manner, thorough - God knows my family history on both sides has various cancers a mile long, direct - which I like, personable.

She reviewed all 28 mammogram shots, along with the hospital ultrasounds, proceeded to do her own ultrasounds:

- Determined main growth is 6 mm - recommended - stereotactic core biopsy on mammographic table

- 2nd growth is 4 mm - wait 6 month and mammogram/ultrasound to compare

Bad news/Good news: During her ultrasound, she found 3rd undetermined mass to watch. Bad because who wants to be told "Hey, there's another one!" Good, because she's bright enough to detect it!

Good news: Cobb County "Breast Test" Diagnostic is paying for all this and the Outpatient Procedure is scheduled for July 18th at 1:30 pm! Not too long of a wait!!

Plus I feel in good hands with Dr. Shroff - she gave me all the options, her recommendations. She stated she could be wrong on the second growth by waiting but she thought a biopsy on that would be over-aggressive and she could be wrong. I told her that there were no guarantees in life and she wasn't God, however I felt confident that we were making the right decisions together.

Called Don when I got in the car, we were both excited that it wasn't in the lymphatic system! We felt that overall there was more good than bad and we can move on the next phase. He's coming home tomorrow night, we're all happy about that! I'm going to sleep well tonight.

Spoke with my Dad and Stepmother in Amsterdam when I got home, they are going to have a glass of wine to celebrate the good news for me. I can't drink since I'm allergic to alcohol and this "no lymph node" news needs to be celebrated!

So I'm going to be that '55 Thunderbird cranked up on the auto lift on the 18th! You know that its all men who think of these contraptions for breast cures!!

Thank you all for the PMs, prayers, moyos, karmas, healing light, good thoughts, etc. - They have really lifted my spirits these last 5 weeks!

Huggers, Ruby

Video to procedure on table
Stereotactic Breast Biopsy - YouTube