The cruise continues, some smooth sailing, some rocky seas, and I would just love to get to port so the cruise would be over!

Today I went to the DR for my surgery follow up,to discuss test results, and future treatment options.

Everything is borderline...the one lymph node that showed .3cm of cancer is just above the recommended non-surgery line of .2cm. In other words anything less than .2 they do not do surgery. She said 9 out of 10 times that she goes back in to remove more lymph nodes there is no further cancer, but one time there will be. Radiation may be able to catch any remaining cells. She advised that we discuss it with the radiation DR and get his opinion. As for the margins in the breast tissue having more cancer, she discussed that with a group yesterday and the consensus was to let the radiation take care of that. If more surgery is performed for the lymph nodes she will take more breast tissue too. If the lymph node surgery is performed it will be the bad kind where I would loose several nodes, have to have a drain, and have to be extremely careful with that arm for the rest of my life. I told her my vote is to NOT do that surgery. This was a great lead in to the next discussion....

I asked her if she knew of a good breast cancer nutritionist. She immediately recommended an internal medicine DR who specialized in complimentary services. She then went on to tell us about http://www.lef.org/ The text on their site says "Life Extension is a global authority on nutrition, health and wellness as well as a provider of scientific information on anti-aging supplements and therapies. We supply only the highest quality nutritional supplements, including minerals, vitamins, herbs and hormones." Dr. Rahm told us about some patients who have done very well by changing their diet and adding supplements. She recommended 2000 mg of vitamin D3 per day, plus tumeric, flaxseed, and avoiding acidic foods. We were pleasantly surprised at how much information she shared and how supportive she was. Jay said he likes her better every time he sees her. She even mentioned one patient who was opposed to chemo and how she boosted her immune system and had fantastic results.

There is just so much information to absorb, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with whole learning curve. Learning new software or how to use a new cell phone is nothing compared to this!

Gotta go company just pulled in the drive!

Love to all!