Random perspectives from Cleveland

Got some more news about my Grandmother. She is having the surgery on the 23rd. She has opted for a mastectomy instead of just the lumpectomy. If they had just removed the tumor then she would still have needed to get radiation. With the full mastectomy there is a chance that she will not need radiation. The doctor seemed encouraged and believes that the cancer may be contained, but a test to see if it had spread to her lymph nodes came back inconclusive. They're going to do a dye test when she is in surgery. If that comes back negative then she will not need to go through radiation or chemotherapy. If it comes back positive, then she will need to receive chemo.