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Westcoastgirl · 02-14-2009, 11:18 AM

Thank you for the welcome
I want to thank everyone that replied to me in the New Comers Group. I wept to read your welcoming messages. Thank you for sharing with me. It was suggested that I post here. Please bear with me as I learn to navigate here. Your replies helped me to feel positive and to accept my double mastectomy. I really liked my surgeon but did not understand why he was so adamant. I thought at first he saw me as someone that would not be able to handle the fear of the cancer returning if I kept the one breast, despite me being what I saw as quite contained in the meeting. I am at peace with that part of the puzzle now. Thank you. I had had two 6 month recalls for mammograms before I asked for a biopsy so going into the mastectomies we knew I was Her2 positive. At that time I did not really understand the significance. I will be going in to receive the Port this Monday and then meet with the Oncologist next Wed to discuss beginning treatment. Thus far I have had a bone scan, chest xray, internal organ ultrasound and a MUGA (no results yet).

I am wondering if I should request anything to check the brain?? Thank you for your support. Carolyn

invasive high grade ductal carcinoma 12/30/08
ER positive
PR positive
Her2 positive (3plus)
double mastectomy 1/15/09
8 nodes taken, all negative

02-14-2009, 11:18 AM	#1
Westcoastgirl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 128	Thank you for the welcome! Thank you for the welcome I want to thank everyone that replied to me in the New Comers Group. I wept to read your welcoming messages. Thank you for sharing with me. It was suggested that I post here. Please bear with me as I learn to navigate here. Your replies helped me to feel positive and to accept my double mastectomy. I really liked my surgeon but did not understand why he was so adamant. I thought at first he saw me as someone that would not be able to handle the fear of the cancer returning if I kept the one breast, despite me being what I saw as quite contained in the meeting. I am at peace with that part of the puzzle now. Thank you. I had had two 6 month recalls for mammograms before I asked for a biopsy so going into the mastectomies we knew I was Her2 positive. At that time I did not really understand the significance. I will be going in to receive the Port this Monday and then meet with the Oncologist next Wed to discuss beginning treatment. Thus far I have had a bone scan, chest xray, internal organ ultrasound and a MUGA (no results yet). I am wondering if I should request anything to check the brain?? Thank you for your support. Carolyn invasive high grade ductal carcinoma 12/30/08 ER positive PR positive Her2 positive (3plus) double mastectomy 1/15/09 8 nodes taken, all negative