My case is headed to the "council"!

"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Mark 11:24

Well God had been whispering in my ear "be still"...the surgeon told me yesterday "lets pause". And I knew that amidst all this chaos there was no way I could hear God's voice speak to me...I needed to take some time and talk to my doctors and maybe some other doctors too. Find out about more options and understand exactly what I needed to do next.

Well today I met with my medical oncologist and a plastic surgeon. First the plastic surgeon educated us on what a simple mastecomy would be if I chose to do it now. She also gave me hope that even if I chose to finish out this treatment with the lumpectomy and radiation, that a mastectomy in the future would not mean that I could not reconstruct my breast later on. She was very helpful.

Then we met with my oncologist who walked us through the pathology reports again. We have been trying to understand if this area of cancer they are going back in to remove is a different grouping of cancer cells than the original cells they found in my mammogram. While talking through this with the doctor, she noticed that the latest pathology report showed the cancer cells as 1.7cm big...where we were originally talking in millimeters. She was surprised to see centimeters, and thought this could be a typo. She called the pathologist and he determined that it was a typo...the cells are 1.7mm. A typo on a path report? How often does that happen?? I was so glad she caught it. Regardless, the oncologist has recommended that my case be reviewed by the "breast council" which is the team of breast cancer specialists at the hospital. Not because of the typo, but because she wants all the doctors on my case to discuss the possibility that my cancer may be microfocal (which I think means a groupings of cancer in other parts of my breast). There they will evaluate my case and determine what these cancer cells may or may not be doing, they will also decide if radiation can make a difference, and if another re-excision is the best course of treatment. This will all happen next Tuesday, March 3rd.
I feel very good that my case will be discussed among 20+ doctors. I have a feeling that God had a hand in making sure that typo occured so that this could happen! Call me crazy! But He intervenes in the most mysterious ways.
My oncologist also suggested, if we desire, to take my case to other doctors for review so that we feel good about the decision we make next. She was very empathetic with the decision I have to make. So I am off to find some other doctors. Coincidently (or God!), while we were waiting in the plastic surgeons office we heard a commercial on the radio for free seminar at UCSD's Medical Center called Empower Yourself Against Breast Cancer that is happening next Thursday. What timing!

So thank you to all of you who prayed for guidance for me and Bryan. God has his hands all over this. And He is hearing your prayers. Thank you all so very, very much.