"HemOnc" is the chemotherapy physician. Dr. Claire Dees immediately struck me as a very compassionate physician. She explained to me that the results of the sentinel node surgery would determine which of two different chemo regimens I might receive. If there was no lymph involvement, I would have 4 treatments over 12 weeks. If there was lymph involvement, I would have two separate courses of chemo with 4 treatments each, 2 weeks apart, for a total of 16 weeks.
I told Dr. Dees that I was pretty sure Dr. Ollila was expecting lymph involvement in one node because he palpated it several times and asked me whether I felt anything. She said there was still a chance that it might not be. In general it's more helpful for me to prepare for the worse option, so that's what I decided to try to do.
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