Results seen on Hospital Patient Portal after Surgery

So sorry that you got this information thru the portal and didn't have a face to face with your doctor to go over it with you and answer your questions…it leaves more questions than answers. It will help when you know the Estrogen/Progesterone, HER2 status, Grade, Stage and type of cancer and have a plan to fight this beast. These details will help paint the picture so you know what you're facing. You can always call your surgeon on Monday and see if you can either get in sooner or get a referral to an oncologist so you can ask questions? However, most oncologists don't start other treatments until you've had a little time to heal from your surgery so Friday is probably not too long to wait. After surgery my doctor wanted to do additional testing - Breast MRI and PET scan before I started chemo and I needed a port put in so I didn't see my oncologist for about a month after surgery. I had my surgery on August 6th, got my port on Sept. 17th and started chemo on Sept. 19th so that would be 5 - 6 weeks after surgery. Hang in there…this is the toughest time, (((Hugs))) Maureen

I wonder if you could talk to your primary care doctor on the phone just to get those couple of things clarified for some peace of mind?

I had surgery mid August and did chemo at the end of Nov. I think Friday is soon enough for that but if you need info there should be someone who could at least talk on the phone. Hang in there. Scary times for sure.

TP, That would worry me too and I would be anxious to have it explained. I hope you can call someone tomorrow. Here we have a nurse hotline to keep people from going to emerg if it isn't necessary. They would probably interpret that to you with a warning that they don't have a complete history.  To me it looks like you might have a positive axillary lymph node and upper arm lymph node?

This stuff is so stressful and I hope you find out soon so you know what you are dealing with. Take care of yourself and take anti anxiety meds if you have to.

TP....Call your Surgeon tomorrow.  Let them know what/how you found out. Ask to speak with the Dr. ASAP!  You are paying him for a service.  Be polite but insistive!  Sometimes these reports are uploaded at the last minute on a Friday.  Now take a deep breath..... Yes this scary.....but they have to wait for you to heal before doing any treatments. Most breast cancer has been in our bodies for up to 8-10 years before it has been seen on a mammo.  MRI's can pick up much but micro invasion it may not.  That would be my Guess with your Lymph Nodes.  I know with me my tumor size read 9-10 mm in the Mammo, MRI, & US. Also my biopsy read DCIS.  But in my Surgical Report my tumor was 2.8 cm & I had micro invasion.  Many on these boards have had their Diagnosis change after the Surgical Biopsy comes back.  Unfortunately!  I'm sorry you had to find out this way!  But now you can prepare ?'s & make sure you write them down so you don't forget.  Keep us posted & I hope you get the answers early tomorrow!