Today I had my follow up visit with the surgical oncologist and his PA.
He told me that my Atypical diagnosis from my biopsy of the lymph node was not conclusive enough for him to make a diagnosis. That the lymph node is one of several they are concerned about. The one they biopsied is the largest. (about 1 inch long). Therefore they did not want to rush into any unnecessary surgery so they are scheduling me for another biopsy same as before to see if they can get a more definitive result. If the next one comes back Atypical he said it is of enough concern that they would want to do a surgical biopsy in order to completely remove the lymph node. He also called the Dr who had done the biopsy and questioned if the pancreas was involved and he said it was not.
He did not seem to push surgery yet but stated that this is concerning to him because of the SUV uptake of 7.2 on my pet scan of this area.
He did not think it was prudent or a good idea to take a watch and see approach with future scans because we need a definite answer as to what is going on so they can decide what if any treatment is needed. He did not think it was related to my breast cancer.
This is exhausting! In a way I was glad to comply with the biopsy do over because it felt like I was letting someone else look out for me instead of me trying to figure out what to do.
So I am waiting on a call now to reschedule the biopsy.