I met with Dr. Baar yesterday and he was great! He's very nice and he gave me lots of hope. He told me that it seems like I respond very well to the treatment, he reassured me that I've been doing everything right so far, and that what comes next is up to me.

After he examined me he told me that the tumor has shrunk so much that I could just have a lumpectomy and not a mastectomy, if I choose to. I told him I don't ever want to have to deal with this again, so he agreed with me that the safest way to do this is to have a mastectomy.

He already has 17 women participating in his research, ( I couldn't start now since I have to be done with all my treatment first to qualify) but now he's starting a group of another 20 in January that will be his second group. He told me I'm a good candidate for that, and that in a way it will be better because he will already have some first results from the fist group and he'll know what to avoid, or change.

I had a great experience there. Everyone was so nice and efficient and the enviroment was so relaxing. I felt I was in good hands the entire time. I'm so glad I went and I had the opportunity to see how really good doctors who care can make a difference to their patients. You don't see that every day.