Met with Dr Gill a few weeks back and he wants me to go ahead and have the fat grafting (aka liposuction and fat redeposited to my breasts) and nipple reconstruction surgery. I think he was looking at getting it done the beginning of the year however, I have other plans. I am just too busy to have that done right now. I honestly can't fit it in my schedule until August 2016 at least. He also sent me to a pain specialist to give him recommendations as to what pain meds he should prescribe post surgery. Nice of him really because I was upset at how my pain was managed with the last surgery.
I also found out that even though my cancer doctor is happy with the results of the last PET scan, he did say they found one lymph node on the right armpit area that lit up. This can be from inflammation so he wasn't concerned just yet. We will be having another PET scan in March to look at it again. I also had another big cyst on the ovary which we already looked into and deciphered it was from ovulation and not cancer.
A friend from nursing school just found out a month ago that she has cancer. Pretty much the same kind and stage as me. Her course of action is a little different, doing chemo first. It felt good to give her some positive reassurance based on my journey so far. I am glad I could help someone else. If you are reading this, please pray for Marsha.