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Becky · 11-24-2013, 10:30 AM

I also want to add that before my surgery, my biopsy came back inconclusive so I had no pathology report. The surgeon I went with just said that my tumor was "spider-like" and it would be unethical not to remove it. She was also concerned in that I had a 1.9 cm tumor and nothing was there in a mammogram I had had 3 months prior and then it was there and discovered in a self exam which I do monthly (and I didn't feel it the month before).

I did not find out I was Her2+ until about a week after my surgery at my post surgerical appointment. Maybe knowing I was Her2+ prior to surgery would have changed my mind. I just can't say because surgery was done and within 3 weeks I was in the chemo ward.

11-24-2013, 10:30 AM	#6
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: mastectomy versus lumpectomy for HER2 I also want to add that before my surgery, my biopsy came back inconclusive so I had no pathology report. The surgeon I went with just said that my tumor was "spider-like" and it would be unethical not to remove it. She was also concerned in that I had a 1.9 cm tumor and nothing was there in a mammogram I had had 3 months prior and then it was there and discovered in a self exam which I do monthly (and I didn't feel it the month before). I did not find out I was Her2+ until about a week after my surgery at my post surgerical appointment. Maybe knowing I was Her2+ prior to surgery would have changed my mind. I just can't say because surgery was done and within 3 weeks I was in the chemo ward. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"