Update on ET! Out of surgery

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Update on ET! Out of surgery

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- August 20, 2015 at 7:47 pm
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ET-SF
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Hi everyone!

What a great group of people you are. Thank you so much for your support, encouragemnt, and advice! I'm sorry we haven't been more responsive. We've barely had time to breathe.

I will see ET in about 15 min. She is out of surgery, and the surgeon is thrilled with the outcome. I'm pumped!

Based on the path, we were expecting a positive SLN, but it appears to be cancer free. Confirmation will come maybe Tuesday when the lab comes back. So I think we're looking at stage II. Woohoo!

The surgeon will order up genetic tests to determine the mutation(s). We have plenty of material available from the first excision.

Base on everyone's input here, we're looking probably towards Johns Hopkins, and I think we'll be able to get the local referral. Lipson sounds like a great guy, but I know there are others too.

Anyway, we've got a lot more positive outlook this afternoon than we had this morning.

THANK YOU ALL!

ET and SF

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- - August 20, 2015 at 11:54 pm
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  Fen
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  Good news! Looking forward to more good updates.
  
  Fen
- - August 20, 2015 at 11:54 pm
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  Fen
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  Good news! Looking forward to more good updates.
  
  Fen
- - August 20, 2015 at 11:54 pm
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  Fen
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  Good news! Looking forward to more good updates.
  
  Fen
- - August 21, 2015 at 3:30 am
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  CHD
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  So happy about the preliminary report on the SLNB! That is great news!
  
  Cheri
- - August 21, 2015 at 3:30 am
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  CHD
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  So happy about the preliminary report on the SLNB! That is great news!
  
  Cheri
- - August 21, 2015 at 3:30 am
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  CHD
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  So happy about the preliminary report on the SLNB! That is great news!
  
  Cheri
- - August 21, 2015 at 4:53 am
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  stars
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  Great news. Hope you get ET a nice present – my hubby did after my WLE and it really lifted my spirits. Thanks for the update!
- - August 21, 2015 at 4:53 am
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  stars
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  Great news. Hope you get ET a nice present – my hubby did after my WLE and it really lifted my spirits. Thanks for the update!
- - August 21, 2015 at 4:53 am
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  stars
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  Great news. Hope you get ET a nice present – my hubby did after my WLE and it really lifted my spirits. Thanks for the update!

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