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LOPSIDED · 04-09-2006, 08:10 AM

IS ANYONE ELSE NOT HAVING RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY? I JUST CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF SURGERY. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF RADIATION AND WILL HAVE TO DO 1 YEAR OF HERCEPTIN WKLY TREATMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LEAVE TIME AT WORK. I WAS JUST OFF FOR 3 MONTHS (FMLA) WHILE I FINISHED UP WITH CHEMO (12 TAXOTERE WKLY TREATMENTS) AND STARTED RADIATION. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I AM THE ONLY ONE NOT DOING RECONSTRUCTION.

04-09-2006, 08:10 AM	#1
LOPSIDED Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 148	Mastectomy----not Having Reconstruction IS ANYONE ELSE NOT HAVING RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY? I JUST CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF SURGERY. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF RADIATION AND WILL HAVE TO DO 1 YEAR OF HERCEPTIN WKLY TREATMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LEAVE TIME AT WORK. I WAS JUST OFF FOR 3 MONTHS (FMLA) WHILE I FINISHED UP WITH CHEMO (12 TAXOTERE WKLY TREATMENTS) AND STARTED RADIATION. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I AM THE ONLY ONE NOT DOING RECONSTRUCTION.