January 17th update

Tuesday we completed Nancy's tests. Late Tuesday we were told the initial finding on the bone scan was increased activity in her lower back. We got all the final reports Sat morning. The bone scan is still inconclusive, but all other tests were positive. Nancy will get another PET scan the week of Jan 25th in Kirkland. That should reveal the final questions on her lower back. The good news is that she will continue the Femara medications.

Thursday we met with the Spokane surgeon Dr. Carol Guthrie. We had a long meeting on Nancy's upcoming surgery. The breast surgery would be a lumpectomy. The real question is do they remove all the lymph nodes under Nancy's left arm....or just some of them. There may be another test to determine this. Timing on this surgery was suggested be in the next couple of months. We will have this same discussion with the Kirkland team on March 11th.