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Re: Can't feel the lump!!
That is wonderful news! I noticed the same thing when I had neoadjuvent TCH--my large tumor was noticably smaller after just the first treatment! I could barely feel it by the time I had surgery, but it was still there. My onc said the same thing--you'll still have to have surgery even if the chemo causes it to go away completely.
Becky, you crack me up! "I'm melting, I'm melting....." Perfect analogy!
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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