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jaykay · 07-25-2014, 06:41 PM

My breast surgeon has a "preferred" plastic surgeon she works with. I met with the ps to make sure I liked her and agreed with what she wanted to do. I think all the breast surgeons have preferred partners but you still have the right to choose who you want. If I didn't like mine, I would have chosen someone else.

They do work in tandem - breast surgeon does the mx and the ps is right behind him/her with the reconstruction.

Were the 2 positive nodes from a sentinel node biopsy? They are tricky; you have to be careful. That's probably why they are recommending rads.

I had a bmx first with expanders, chemo, radiation and did end up waiting about 6 months for the final exchange surgery with silicone implants. Only reason I waited so long was some business travel that was planned. Had my expanders in for a year. The radiated breast is a bit tighter than the other one, but basically, they look fine to me.

No bullying allowed here - you make your own choices and get all the opinions you want.

Best
Janis

07-25-2014, 06:41 PM	#8
jaykay Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 645	Re: Hand Slapped by my surgical oncologist 😡 My breast surgeon has a "preferred" plastic surgeon she works with. I met with the ps to make sure I liked her and agreed with what she wanted to do. I think all the breast surgeons have preferred partners but you still have the right to choose who you want. If I didn't like mine, I would have chosen someone else. They do work in tandem - breast surgeon does the mx and the ps is right behind him/her with the reconstruction. Were the 2 positive nodes from a sentinel node biopsy? They are tricky; you have to be careful. That's probably why they are recommending rads. I had a bmx first with expanders, chemo, radiation and did end up waiting about 6 months for the final exchange surgery with silicone implants. Only reason I waited so long was some business travel that was planned. Had my expanders in for a year. The radiated breast is a bit tighter than the other one, but basically, they look fine to me. No bullying allowed here - you make your own choices and get all the opinions you want. Best Janis __________________ March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010) Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70% BRCA 1 and 2 negative October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks. March 14, 2013: Finished chemo April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x May 22, 2013: Finished rads June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs. July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin December 5, 2013: Port removed Glad this year is over!