Quick Update...

We spent the entire afternoon meeting with the team of docs and nurses, a really neat program that allows you to get a second opinion on practically everything. Nothing really new from the docs, we still won't know the course of treatment and exact stage of the cancer until the surgery, which at this point is likely within 2 weeks.

We did find out one really good piece of news today...the cancer tested positive for estrogen and progesterone, and is HER2 negative! All that means to us is the cancer cells need hormones to grow. You turn off the hormones, you turn off the cancer. This is a great development and means that all the treatment options are still on the table, including the potential to avoid chemotherapy altogether (though there is still much to determine so we're not getting excited just yet).

Interesting side note that I found fascinating. A tumor the size of 1cm (about the size of Nicole's), growing at an average rate, would have been growing in her body for 10 years! That means Nicole started working on this little surprise in college! And you thought she was studying...