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Re: Bad News/Good News/Keep the Faith
Rich, yes the location could only be reached surgically. Not by needle biopsy.
Lien, we have 5 lobes in our lungs. This was the small right middle lobe.
I have learned that the remaining lung tissue will expand and compensate for that which is missing. I will retain 90% function. Thank God.
Thank you all for your understanding. I knew you would get it.
The surgeon was suprised that I was not "happier" upon hearing about the mistake. I told him of course I was happy but would have preferred not losing part of my body by accident and needed time to process all that had happened.
And I was on Percocet post-op which has a way of making one morose.
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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