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linn65 · 02-11-2013, 06:06 AM

If it was your daughter or sister what would you tell her??? I was unable to do my reconstruction right away because just finishing chemo and 3 weeks later doing the masectomy they felt it would be too hard for my body to go thru all at once. Personally, I would do the masectomy and not worry about trying to match 1 breast and the other making it whole...Now, that I only have 1 breast I can not wait to remove the other one when I have reconstruction done, so I don't need to worry about them matching. At first I was like I don't know if I want the other breast off but now that I am going through trying to match the real one with a prosthetic it is a pain, so I rather just have two fake ones! I am like you I had no idea that Breast cancer was so complicated but it sure is!!!

02-11-2013, 06:06 AM	#4
linn65 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Attica, IN Posts: 371	Re: lumpectomy vs. mastectomy? If it was your daughter or sister what would you tell her??? I was unable to do my reconstruction right away because just finishing chemo and 3 weeks later doing the masectomy they felt it would be too hard for my body to go thru all at once. Personally, I would do the masectomy and not worry about trying to match 1 breast and the other making it whole...Now, that I only have 1 breast I can not wait to remove the other one when I have reconstruction done, so I don't need to worry about them matching. At first I was like I don't know if I want the other breast off but now that I am going through trying to match the real one with a prosthetic it is a pain, so I rather just have two fake ones! I am like you I had no idea that Breast cancer was so complicated but it sure is!!! __________________ myleftlump.wordpress.com - started blogging my IDC breast cancer 7/2012 diagnosed with multiple solid lesions 7/20/12 biopsy done. ER+ 30 PR -, HER+++,k167 80% Grade 2 9/2012 biopsy on lymph node - showed malignant 9/2012 Pre-adjunctive TCH chemo. 12/6/12 MRI after Pre-adj. Results: Modest Decrease in size of left breast malignancy As well as the associated satellite lesions and auxiliary Adenopathy compared to prior study. Doctors hoped for better but good response it didn't grow. 12/18/2012 left masectomy with axillary nodes Size 3.2 CM, Nottingham score 9/9 Grade 3, no evidence of in situ carcinoma Areas of angiolymphatic are identified Carcinoma is 0.5 cm from inked deep Margin of excision Attached axillary lymph nodes: metastatic Carcinoma in 6 of 8 nodes. Size of largest node 1.5 cm Extracapsular ER + 73%, PR+2%, HER2+ 2/27/13 6 weeks of IMRT radiation finished 2/2013 Started on Tamoxifan 5 years. 8/2013 will take last Herceptin, 17 treatments total every 3 weeks. BRCA1 & BRAC2 - Negative August 28, 2013 DIEP flap on the left breast. February 2014 Nip & Tuck March 14, 2014 nipple reconstruction and removed port. August 14, 2014 lump in lymph nodes under arm and above clavicle. Stage IV August 28, 2014 herceptin And projeta starting and port put back in. 3/18/15 stopped arimidex. 3/18/15 progression....Tdm1