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Survivor2be · 11-26-2011, 09:43 AM

No, you should not wait a year. They want the radiation to occur quickly to "sterilize" the breast area. Get temporary expanders, do the radiation and a year after radiation, when the skin has healed, then you can do kick ass reconstruction with tummy tuck, nice boobs, nipples, etc. it will take time, but you will be alive and enjoying the results.

My doctor felt that the tumor was already growing immediately after the mastectomy and that's why I had a recurrence so quickly AND during treatment.

11-26-2011, 09:43 AM	#24
Survivor2be Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 11	Re: support for foregoing radiation? No, you should not wait a year. They want the radiation to occur quickly to "sterilize" the breast area. Get temporary expanders, do the radiation and a year after radiation, when the skin has healed, then you can do kick ass reconstruction with tummy tuck, nice boobs, nipples, etc. it will take time, but you will be alive and enjoying the results. My doctor felt that the tumor was already growing immediately after the mastectomy and that's why I had a recurrence so quickly AND during treatment. __________________ Original dx: 9/17/2010 triple negative, Stage II Neo-adjuvant chemo of AC-T Bilateral mastectomy and axillary node dissection. (1/11 lymph nodes +) Tissue expanders and fill Radiation to breast and axilla Breast recurrence on radiation: 9/2011 now HER2 + This time HER2 positive, started herceptin Brain metastasis: 10/2011 Surgery to remove lesion 11/2011 All cancer gone 11/17/2011 Confident I will outlive my oncologist!!!