Will be going to get an MRI and have an IV pump placed in my chest today. When I looked at my records online this morning, the PET scan results included the following:

1. Hypermetabolic left breast mass is consistent with the
patient's known history of breast cancer.
2. Hypermetabolic left axillary lymphadenopathy in the level 1
and level 2 stations consistent with metastatic disease. No
distant metastasis.

So my impression is that the breast cancer is in two lymph nodes (from other parts of the report) and is stage 3 not 4 just as the doctor presumed since I do not have pain in other parts of my body. I was anxious about being in Stage 4 and pretty sure the PET scan says I am not. My chemo starts on Tuesday, the 28th...