GREAT NEWS: The pathology results came back "clean." There was no cancer detected in either breast that was removed. The months of treatments have been doing their job!
Mom is recovering from surgery very well. She is 9 days post surgery. She is feeling better and stronger each day. We even went out for lunch today (to celebrate the good news). This was her first outing outside of doctor visits since her surgery.
She did have a minor set back a couple of days ago (on Wednesday). Her knee swelled up and was very painful. I was concerned about blood clots so she went to the doctors office to have them check it out. Thankfully, it was not a clot, it was "only gout." Actually, we are waiting for this to be confirmed by lab tests, but the doctor thinks it was gout. After draining some fluid and a shot of steroids, she is feeling MUCH better already.
We followed up with the Cardiologist today. He was running a bit late. He even apologized to us that he was running late. I haven't had too many doctors do that before. Anyway, he will be putting mom on a blood thinner medication to help regulate the heart rhythm problem that she had in the hospital. She will be starting that medication as soon as the surgeon thinks it is ok. While she is healing from surgery, they will not be starting the blood thinner. As soon as she is healed enough, it will be added to her growing list of daily medications. In the mean time, she is on a different heart medication to prevent the rhythm problem.
So, all in all, it has been a really great week. We really couldn't have asked for better pathology results. We meet with the oncologist next week to talk about how this will effect her treatment going forward.
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