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Re: Reconstruction after radiation?
Linn,
I am 3 months out from radiation and am waiting to trade my expander (one side) for an implant or DIEP. I'd like to do DIEP but my goodness your story makes me thing twice. It sounds like the recovery from DIEP is months rather than weeks, but the final result is more permanent/natural.
Also interesting that you had the DIEP 6 months after rads rather than 12. I was thinking I'd have to wait for 12 months, but I've read that some places are saying 6 months is fine. I'm very tired of my expander and would rather get this show on the road as they say.
Shirley
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- Age 54 at dx (April '13) Stage 2b, grade 3
- ER+ PR+ HER+, 9 cm tumor one breast and <0.5 cm in sentinal node
- BRCA1 and 2 negative
- Neoadjuvant TCH chemo started 5-15-13 (4 rounds, 3 weeks apart)
- Unilateral Mx w/expander 8-22-13 (right side)
- 5/5 nodes Neg
- clear margins but close. Tumor at removal down to 2.2 cm.
- Radiation 6 wks starting 10-17-13.
- Herceptin every 3 weeks until 4-23-14
- DIEP/Mastopexy 10-8-14, U of WA
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