Thanks MaineRotteiler and Cindy for the input on no reconstruction.
Julie, I am interested in the research you mentioned on stem cellsand will check it out when you post it. Thank you.
StephN, will check out Corrie Painter's MBC study and maybe contribute my spit someday. :0) Thx.
Nice to hear from you, MaryJo. Thanks for the prayers.
SoCalGal, thanks for the Foundations One testing link. Will check that out.
I am waiting to hear back from my breast surgeon. I am scheduled for the mastectomy and port placement at 1 pm today after sentinel node mapping and just left a message for her. A couple family members have the flu and I started feeling pretty crummy last night. I am some better today and there is no fever and think surgery is going to work out ok but want to verify.
My husband will put a postop update in our blog
http://jpoliver.com/wordpress/ later today if it's a go or I'll note there if surgery is postponed because of this bug. It'll be good to get the surgery behind me and move on.
Here's to evicting cancer from all of us and rendering it homeless!
Paula