Questions for those that had/have paget's disease of the
The day after Annette's second surgery she noticed her nipple was
quite red, she mentioned it to the surgeon on the next visit and
he stated his surgery was right under the nipple area and that it
was just probably part of the healing process. She also mentioned
it to the oncologist after a few weeks because it had not improved
and he said talk to the surgeon. In the meantime she started her
radiation treatments and on the 6th day of radiation she noticed
there was a small "crusty" area on the areola so today after her
9th treatment she saw the radiologist/onclogist and pointed it out
to him who said patients taking radiation can get this but it
ususally doesn't happen until later in the treatment but he didn't
seem concerned.
My question is .... should she be concerned ? Does this sound
familiar to any of you ladies that had paget's disease ?
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GOD bless and praying for a cure
Lin
Best friend diagnosed with cancer
Annette's profile
1st surgery 12/17/07
Well differentiated infiltrating ductal carcinoma
Stage 1 Grade 1
Extensive ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS)
high nuclear grade, solid comedo type.
ER+ PR+ HER2 (3-4+)
Breast MRI 12/31/08
2nd surgery 1/04/08
Re-excision & sentinel node biopsy
invasive ductal carcinoma
Stage T1 N0 Mx
MUGA scan 1/21/08
Mediport inserted 1/25/08
Started 1st of 33 radiation treatments 2/08/08
Completed radiation 3/27/08
Started chemo (4 rounds Taxotere 105 mg + Cytoxan
every 2 wks, plus Neulasta shot)
Finished chemo 6/11/09
Started Herceptin every 2 wks for 1 year 6/25/08
Started Arimidex 1mg pill daily 7/23/08
Finished Herceptin 6/10/09
MediPort removed 6/18/09
Diagnosed w/severe Osteopenia in spine 9/20/09
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