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Well, I don't really know any more now than I did before I had my date with the oncologist. He pretty much told us the same thing my surgeon did. It was borderline stage II and they typically like to do chemo. However, he is having the hospital send off a sample from my tumor to California to have it tested for the liklihood of reccurence within the next 10 years. If it's a low chance, then chemo isn't really necessary. If it's an intermediate chance, his guess is as good as mine. If it's a high chance, chemo is a must. I have heard from several people that my chemo wouldn't be very strong or devastating. He said everyone gets the same chemo no matter what. Then when I told him I had had a PETscan, he wanted to know why?! I said, "to see if the cancer had spread to other organs." Duh. It really worries me that an ONCOLOGIST doesn't know the significance of a PETscan. He also said, he didn't think the surgeon took out enough tissue. He wants to take out A LOT more. I'm not sure I understand that since all of the tissue surrounding the tumor that was taken out proved negative for cancer cells. He said he was going to call my surgeon to discuss it with her. And I think I'M going to call my surgeon to discuss it with her as well.

Anyway, I have an appointment October 4 to get an echocardiogram to make sure my heart is healthy to have chemo. He's going to see what the test result is that he sent off t0 California then we'll discuss more options. If I do have to have chemo, it will be before radiation treatment. Pretty crappy. However, I'm more concerned with living than anything else.