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Lolly, thank you for the feedback. My wife has decided the port is the best way to go, especially since they confirmed today through the FISH test she is HER/2 +, and therefore will be receiving Herceptin for 1 yr. Given the apparent size of her tumor (6cm), both the onc and the surgeon think 8 treatments upfront will most likely shrink the tumor, and in 20% of the cases the tumor dissapears. If the surgery is then needed, she should get a better cosmetic result, assuming of course, there has been some reduction in the tumor size. I didn't think to ask if after the 8 treatments (the extra 4, per the onc, are becuase they dont know the node involvement without surgery, so they assume the worst and give the same treatment as if the nodes were involved) and surgery, they find the nodes are involved, what happens then? Different kettle of fish, I suspect.
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