Follow Up Visits

Mary Jo had a brief appointment yesterday at her surgeon, Dr Cathy Casey’s Woodbury office. Dr Casey’s nurse practitioner removed Mary Jo’s sutures from the DaVinci Hysterectomy performed on April 16th. The “running sutures” left almost no noticeable scars behind. It is amazing to think Mary Jo had a complete hysterectomy only 11 days ago and there are almost no noticeable signs that Mary Jo ever even had a major surgery. Dr Casey’s written report from the surgery confirms that there was no evidence or cancer in the tissues removed during the surgery. We questioned Dr Casey’s nurse regarding several findings on the pathology report but it appears we will have to wait until our follow up visit with Dr Casey to get detailed responses to our GYN infertility questions related to the surgery pathology report. The good news is, no cancer was detected.

Today Mary Jo met with her oncologist, Dr Gall at Minnesota Oncology and Hematology P.A. in Burnsville for a consultation and examination. Mary Jo was also given her biologic chemo (Herceptin) treatment. Dr Gall will continue to examine Mary Jo every third week, just before these treatments which will continue for a full 52 weeks from the initial chemo session to monitor her progress. Mary Jo’s blood count numbers have improved this week and Mary Jo appears to be well on the road to recovery after the most recent surgery. She is a little tired but has a great attitude and looking forward to a nice summer.