Hello all! I made it through the appointments and the sea of information! The multidisciplinary team has recommended PET Scan and Breast MRI and I agreed. The Medical Oncologist did such a great job of explaining the need for additional imaging and how it could help with deciding treatment. It was a little hard to hear that I have an aggressive cancer, but very glad we are being thorough. I am confident that I can beat this with the team I have in my corner. I will be starting with a total of 20 weeks of weekly chemo treatments. (12 weeks of Taxol, then 8 weeks of combination Adriamycin & Cytoxan). Next, I met with the surgeon and he was stating I am a candidate for lumpectomy. I would like breast conservation, but not opposed to Mastectomy. I have genetic testing and imaging that could change some of this plan... Finally, I met with the Radiation Oncologist and would need about 4 weeks of therapy, if I was able to get lumpectomy. Of course, all of this depends on pending testing. All of the doctors came in and conveyed the same message and treatment plan. It was actually a good experience, considering what I was there for.

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