Mom met with Dr. Johnston, the medical oncologist, today and the news was relatively encouraging (if there is such a thing as encouraging news with stage 4 breast cancer). On the downside, she has some nodes and nodules in the chest area and aorta, but on the bright side there was no sign of bone or liver mets. The doctor started her on hormone therapy called Femara. The side effects are supposed to be fairly mild (certainly nothing like chemo).
She still feels really lousy, but hopefully now that we have a treatment plan she will start feeling better. I'll keep posting as we get more information and I'll try to snap a picture of Mom tomorrow if she agrees. Blogs are much more fun to read with pictures. :-) Thanks to everyone for their prayers and thoughts.
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Thanks so much. Your entries are really helpful. Our prayers and best wishes are with you all.
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