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My tumor size was 1.3cm. I spoke to a nurse in my surgeons office, and asked if I wanted a mastectomy that the surgeon does not deem "medically necessary" am I still able to get one...she said yes, but be prepared to do a lot of convincing to the surgeon. She also said to think it over wait a year and if I still want it to do it then. My thought was to just to eliminate this as a possibility. I know I have to deal with it coming back in places like liver, bone, brain etc...but I thought with a mastectomy I could eliminate this site from the list
I would love to get the test to determine the odds of recurrance. I have done some limited reading about CTC (circulating tumor cells) I am going to ask about this on Monday. I will post to let you know what they tell me.
I so appreciate all of you and the information and support that you provide.
Susan V
Dx age 37
8-3-06
1.3 cm Stage I No node involvement
ER/PR +
Her 2 +
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