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Tricia,
I had just the right side done. My breast surgeon did a skin sparing mastectomy. Then my plastic surgeon immediate performed pedicled flap which used the entire right rectus abdominus muscle. (I no longer have a six pack = I'm down to a 3 pack now). I would have like to have the DIEP but that option wasn't available to me at our regular hospital. After hearing from others I am fairly pleased how things turned out from the reconstruction surgery.
If you'd like a photo of my current result I'll have my hubbie take a picture and I'll email it to you in a day or so. I'm still a work in progress - my plastic surgeon hasn't finished with the right breast and he will reduce and lift the left to match.
'lizbeth
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
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