Finally we are back home from our extended Boston trip and we have a plan. The doctors there all agree that surgery first, to evaluate lymph node involvement, is the best course of action. We stayed the extra day so that we could meet the plastic surgeon for the initial consult.
After all of the appointments at Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's, Robin feels that Boston is where she needs to have the surgery. The surgical oncologist who will be doing the mastectomy and the plastic surgeon were able to get everything scheduled for April 1st.
Robin has decided to be aggressive and have a bilateral mastectomy. Also, the first phase of reconstruction is planned for the same time. If the surgery goes well as expected, chemotherapy could begin in as little as three weeks after.
She will have to travel back to Boston sometime in the next week or two for the pre-op appointment. Surgery is planned for April 1st. After discharge, she will be returning to Boston for follow-up appointments.
I often refer to my Robin as a "plan freak." And she is in much better spirits now that she has her plan in place. We are all very excited about our upcoming Spring Break 2013 - Boston Mastectomy!
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