|
Re: Prophylactic Mastectomy?
I was diagnosed in 2003 and DCIS, her2/neu +++++++, very fast growing cancer in left breast (started with 1 tumor and by the time I had surgery I had 5. Largest one was 2cm. Node negative. I chose bilateral (right breast was prophylatic) b/c I didn't want to deal with always wondering if/when it would be in my right breast. I chose not to have reconstruction b/c it would have taken 3-5 surgeries and they would have had to use my latismas (sp?) muscles from my back so I said no thank you. I am very happy with my decision especially since in the Fall of 2004 I was diagnosed with bone mets and have been living with mets since.
__________________
"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." --Rabindranath Tagore
Diagnosed Jan 2003
Bilateral Mastectomy (right prophylatic) Feb 2003
No reconstruction and no prosthesis - what you see is what you get :-)
6 rounds A/C ending August 2003
Tamoxifen til October 2004
Bone mets diagnosed October 2004
Herceptin (weekly) & Zometa (monthly) December 2004 - June 2007
Arimidex, Faslodex
Oophorectomy October 2005
Rads to left hip November 2005 - December 2005
Zometa quarterly now January 2007
Taxotere December 2005- July 2006
Tykerb (1250 mg) and Xeloda (3300mg) July 2007
|