I will stay in touch. Thanks for writing to me.
I have been in touch with a Surgical Oncologist at MD Anderson. The consensus is to wait for the restaging point after 2 – 3 months of chemo and then decide if we want to go to Houston for the rescan and a second opinion on treatment. If I understand what everyone, both Hollings and MD Anderson, was telling me, because there is a small mass of necrotic lymph nodes, the standard of care is chemotherapy initially.
This is so scary–decisions may literally have a life or death consequence.