February 9 And the winner is . . .


I just got off the phone with Dr. Edge, and I've won the consolation prize. The new areas sampled by biopsy last week are not cancer!!!!!! The only cancer is the tumor already identified and scheduled for removal this Wednesday.

For the sake of completeness and to assure they never give me trouble in the future, Dr. Edge will remove the additional tissue in the areas during the surgery, but the procedure will be a lumpectomy,with sentinel lymph node biopsy, not a mastectomy. I am very pleased with this result. I am happy to be elegible for the least invasive surgery possible, followed by a course of radiation, and hopefully a quick recovery in the Yucatan Sun.