The result of the last surgery is complete.
There were 18 nodes removed and 2 were positive for melanoma.Added to the three sentinel nodes that were removed at the time of the original surgery, the
total node count is 21 in the superficial groin. 5 are positive.
I am Stage 3 c
So the staging is finally complete and the oncologists have all the info they need
to make recommendations. Next appt Monday for that.
I hope the surgeon's magic fingers swept it all out, but
if not then interferon will get any of little buggers that may be left.
I also found out that the turmor is BRAF+ which means I can be helped by some of the new drugs.
I feel more optimistic
and as Elizabeth said
"Hey it's just 2 more, you can beat that"
Couldn't agree more.
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