I’m not surprised you are after a 2nd opinion. The edit doesn’t tally with the micrometastis. Not sure if the situation is that they are being slow with results of tests, or just not doing them. You did mention I think oncotesting? So if that is a test they are doing , then that is reasonable as a next step, and the sort of test that is done on ER positive cancers with some node invovement, particularly with premenopausal women. I think that test does take longer ( from what I’ve heard, I didn’t have it as her2) so that might be what you are waiting on. There is no further testing to do meantime, which is hard, I know.
It sounds like they are following a reasonable path under the circumstances, and things have changed unexpectedly along the way, as they often do after surgery. Before your surgery they initially thought lymph node involvement, and may have done chemo first had the biopsy been positive, but as it came back negative, surgery was done first - as happens with presumed negative node involvement. But now you have evidence of it in your sentinel node, oncotesting is the next step and what they suggest after that depends on that.
Maybe see what the results are, and if you are not happy with the plan, consider a 2nd opinion from another oncologist.
It could be a mix of anxiety over waiting for the test result - which is the worst time of all- compounded by this cancer really messing you about by your nodes looking positive, then maybe negative, followed by positive after all. What it shows is that scans and biopsies are less accurate than surgery (which is definitive) so a scan on your other nodes at this point, wouldn’t really prove anything either way, so it’s not a thing they are doing - that’s your brain looking for reassurance while you are stuck waiting.
For reassurance that things are moving on, I’d seek for a clear answer on are they oncotesting it, and when can you expect the results.
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