We saw the plastic surgeon first and felt good about what he had to say. He even hooked us up with a couple, also from here in the Tri-Cities, who had the second breast removed and reconstruction surgery at the same time, about two weeks ago. She and her husband were very encouraging; she said she was very happy with the choice she had made. We also were shown pictures of patients who had had reconstruction. I was amazed. This guy is good!
The other surgeon gave us concern. First, she was TWO HOURS late for the appointment, my patience wore out about half an hour earlier; and once she sat down and started reviewing the reports Lois brought, she started questioning why there had been no radiation treatment. Lois deferred to me to explain and I did the best I could by telling her what both our radiation and chemotherapist oncologists had told us (for the number of nodes which were identified with cancer in them, there is no clear evidence that radiation makes any difference in long-term survivability); but it was pretty clear she wasn't convinced. We told her we would feel better if she contacted our oncologists. She said she would do so and call us back tomorrow; so here we are feeling like it's last summer again when we were in limbo with "what to do."
Here's a "not very good picture" of the both of us following the consultations. You might be able to see we didn't sleep the night before and we're both sick with chest colds. A rather miserable day in many respects; but...we stopped in one of our favorite places, Cyrus O'Leary's, for a very late lunch. It's the green roofed building behind us.
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