Corlis, welcome to OCF! You are in the best place for info and support.

Alpaca has had the same diagnosis and surgery so she can advise you based on her experiences. Please understand, our site is made up of patients and caregivers, without medical backgrounds. Without having years of medical school, training and experience its not possible for any of us to second guess what your physician has advised.

If you havent already gotten a second opinion I would suggest doing so. If you are able to get into a comprehensive cancer center (CCC), even better. They are the countries top cancer hospitals. A CCC uses a team based approach where all the specialists work together. Since you have a window of 6+ weeks to wait until your surgery, I suggest calling around to go for another opinion. My concern is you were diagnosed 2 months ago and its still another 6+ weeks until the surgery. Remember, once a surgeon removes something they cant put it back.

Best wishes.


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