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caya · 03-27-2007, 07:54 PM

Emelie,

I can honestly say I never felt a sense of real loss - for me it was get this off and get rid of the cancer - Because mine was found during a breast reduction, for me it was more of - too bad I have to cut the breast off, now that it finally looks and feels so nice ... Both the breast surgeon and the oncologist tried to see if they could save my breast - but I asked the surgeon - if I was your wife, what would you do? - he looked me straight in the eye and said - it would be coming off - so I just said - well, that's it for me -
Like Mary Anne, I got a great prosthesis, and have started to wear pretty clothes again ( my mastectomy was recent - Dec. 18,2006). I am having the BRCA testing, and may take the other one off even it's negative - the mammogram and breast ultrasound I had 3 months before my reduction surgery missed the cancer - so I am worried about the "good" side - even though now I have MRIs...

All the best
Caya

03-27-2007, 07:54 PM	#11
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Emelie, I can honestly say I never felt a sense of real loss - for me it was get this off and get rid of the cancer - Because mine was found during a breast reduction, for me it was more of - too bad I have to cut the breast off, now that it finally looks and feels so nice ... Both the breast surgeon and the oncologist tried to see if they could save my breast - but I asked the surgeon - if I was your wife, what would you do? - he looked me straight in the eye and said - it would be coming off - so I just said - well, that's it for me - Like Mary Anne, I got a great prosthesis, and have started to wear pretty clothes again ( my mastectomy was recent - Dec. 18,2006). I am having the BRCA testing, and may take the other one off even it's negative - the mammogram and breast ultrasound I had 3 months before my reduction surgery missed the cancer - so I am worried about the "good" side - even though now I have MRIs... All the best Caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!