Cancer Update

Cancer is difficult.

The day after my post-op visit to my Dr., she calls me to let me know the results of the "conference" (review) of my case by peers. I am going to be taking Tamoxifen (hormone blocking therapy) for 5 years. She also said that the consensus of the conference, which included my Radiation Oncologist, is that she did not take enough tissue, did not get a big enough margin around the cancer. My Dr took less than a 1 mm margin. She felt she took enough, but the "conference" wanted more taken. She asked me, "How do you feel about that?" WOW. Do I want more surgery or take a chance with radiation only? At this stage of the game, I don't want to leave anything to chance. More surgery.

Surgery was scheduled for Monday Mar 8 at 3pm.

{UPDATE}

After posting the above, my surgeon called to let me know the lab results. During our conversation, she said as she was taking out the extra tissue on the lower side of the tumor site, she saw another lump, about 5mm in size. She took that out along with margins. The lab results show that the newest lump is also stage 0 cancer. My question, "How many more lumps are there?" My surgeon feels that with radiation and hormone therapy, everything should be fine. BUT if in 5 years or so another lump is found then I would have to have a mastectomy. Reconstruction would be difficult because of the radiation. (Makes the skin less stretchy)

What to do?

I am going to get a second opinion in Seattle.