For my next trick

And now, for shits and giggles, I’m going to predict the stage of my cancer. Now that I’ve had the PET scan and I’m pretty sure there’s no cancer beyond my breast, that helps me complete most of the chart I’ve been filling out over the last few weeks. And, using Komen’s handy Stages of Breast Cancer table, I think I’m able to figure out where my cancer would be staged.

In this PDF, I’ve copied Komen’s chart and shaded in spaces that match up with my current diagnosis. Much depends on the first column; I know T2 because my tumor size is more than 2cm but less than 5cm (although a lot of the information I have found on where a 2cm tumor would be staged is contradictory – some would stage it as 1; some would stage it as 2); but I don’t know node involvement or metastasis. Based on everything else I know, I think I’m looking at stage 1B, 2A, or 2B. Because the PET scan seemed to be clear (according to the tech in the room), I am going to assume no lymph involvement or metastasis, so my guess is that my cancer is stage 1B. Is that my final answer? I dunno – I might have to phone a friend.