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jra40 · 06-01-2011, 05:42 AM

I am down to one more cycle of Taxol and Herceptin which will finish on June 28th. I have my MRI scheduled then will be meeting with my surgeon to decide on what type of surgery I will be getting. He wants to save as much as my breast as possible but I still feel like going with a double mastectomy to cut back on recurrence.

This is where I really need advice from all of you that have been through the experience. I have seen some of you having a lumpdectomy but then having to go back for a mastectomy. I do not want to go through this again in the future and if a mastectomy will cut the recurrence rate then I really want to consider it.

Any advice for me would be greatly appreciated!

06-01-2011, 05:42 AM	#1
jra40 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, PA. Posts: 260	Decision Time - Need Advice I am down to one more cycle of Taxol and Herceptin which will finish on June 28th. I have my MRI scheduled then will be meeting with my surgeon to decide on what type of surgery I will be getting. He wants to save as much as my breast as possible but I still feel like going with a double mastectomy to cut back on recurrence. This is where I really need advice from all of you that have been through the experience. I have seen some of you having a lumpdectomy but then having to go back for a mastectomy. I do not want to go through this again in the future and if a mastectomy will cut the recurrence rate then I really want to consider it. Any advice for me would be greatly appreciated!