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Ceesun,
I had a MRM on the right side and a simple mastectomy on the left side. I must admit I was afraid at first to look at the scars thinking that I would look deformed. Well a week after surgery teh bandages were removed and I had my first look. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I had been a D cup so going to nothing was a shock. My incisions have healed extremely well and you can hardly see the scar line. I have no intention of having reconstruction.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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