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jaykay · 07-17-2013, 06:43 PM

What a day! At least you can laugh a bit. I would have totally freaked out - find me an ativan :-).
Interesting thing is - I was scheduled for an MRI for a 3 year back issue, told the lab I had a port and tissue expanders, no red flag. Then I thought to call my ps' office and they told me to definitely NOT have an MRI until the tissue expanders are out. Mine use magnets (metal) to find the fill hole as obviously your do. Would have been a big mess - to put it mildly.

KK1 has a point - it's still surgery to take the expanders out; you should look into implants. Can't believe you've had expanders all this time. I can't wait to get rid of mine and get this elephant off my chest.

Best,
Janis

07-17-2013, 06:43 PM	#29
jaykay Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 646	Re: Brain MRI this morning What a day! At least you can laugh a bit. I would have totally freaked out - find me an ativan :-). Interesting thing is - I was scheduled for an MRI for a 3 year back issue, told the lab I had a port and tissue expanders, no red flag. Then I thought to call my ps' office and they told me to definitely NOT have an MRI until the tissue expanders are out. Mine use magnets (metal) to find the fill hole as obviously your do. Would have been a big mess - to put it mildly. KK1 has a point - it's still surgery to take the expanders out; you should look into implants. Can't believe you've had expanders all this time. I can't wait to get rid of mine and get this elephant off my chest. Best, Janis __________________ March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010) Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70% BRCA 1 and 2 negative October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks. March 14, 2013: Finished chemo April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x May 22, 2013: Finished rads June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs. July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin December 5, 2013: Port removed Glad this year is over!