In May I took a haiku class. What is the truth, in 17 syllables? The effort below is is not a proper haiku (no nature references, let alone other formalities) but it pleases me. And it's very true
Mastectomy
Dig out the roots of disease,
make the scar a furrow.
Plant life.
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Timeline
- 2007: Abnormal cells (ADH & LDH) found in left breast. Excisional Biopsy finds DCIS (Stage 0)
- April 17, 2009: Follow-up MRI finds suspicious mass in a different part of left breast.
- April 28, 2009: MRI-Guided Biopsy finds Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (7-8 mm, grade 4.5 on Bloom Richardson Grading Scale)
- June 4, 2009: Mastectomy on left breastery
- June 16, 2009: Pathology report shows a Stage 1 .7 cm invasive carcinoma with estrogen receptivity of 98%, progesterone receptivity of 20%. Positive for HER2-neu gene amplification on FISH test (2.45). Topo 2A positive. Margins are 1 cm in all directions. There were focal pockets of atypical lobular hyperplasia and flat epithelial atypia. The Sentinal Nodes were clear.
- July 1, 2009: Oncotype DX test comes back with a score of 25 -- mid level -- indicating statistical likelihood of 17% for recurrence, but based on tumors larger than mine
- July 16, 2009:Treatment Decision: Herceptin (probably for 1 year) and Tamoxifen (probably for 5 years). Combined with vigorous exercise this puts my likelihood of recurrence around 2%
- July 23, 2010: Last Herceptin Treatment