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Hi there!
I am so glad that everything has gone so well for you! I decided to have a double mast.- I had VERY dense and fibrocystic breasts and was so "lumpy and bumpy" that I couldn't tell what was what. I had already had 2 separate benign growths removed about seven years ago and that was a contributing factor in me not taking things too seriously this time. When you have 9 or 10 lumps, who's to know which is new or different? Anyways, it gave me a feeling of having a little more control (even if it is a false one). I do believe that for most scenerios, lumpectomy is a preferred choice.
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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