Today I am thankful for second opinions whether good, bad or indifferent a second opinion is an opportunity to learn where my walk with this disease will take me.
In the past 5 weeks I have been diagnosed with Stage 1B with a Mitosis
rate of 3 I went to a dermatologist who diagnosed me and then referred
me to a surgeon who had been told by a radiologist that I had 2 impacted
nodes but
he only took one - and left the one that is closest to the site of the cancer
....this did not feel right. I went to an oncologist who informed me as a
3 mitosis level that with out a year of interferon I would be chasing
this microscopic stuff and may not catch something in time. I have had a
PET and a CT scan along with blood tests galore. I shutter to think
that if I had not gone to the oncologist I would be walking around
delusional thinking it was done....I will be eating a Pescatarian diet to slow any more exposure and I am considering the Interferon ....but
above all I am so grateful for the second opinion....
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