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Re: Reconstruction
Thanks so much for the well wishes! I spoke with the nurse today and they are planning to remove one more tube tomorrow, but it will probably be a few more days before the last one comes out. I am still achy and sore, but getting one of the tubes hung up on a knob on a bathroom counter last night did not help! I almost got that one out myself. Evidently the suture is a very strong thread. That little episode called for two pain pills! Oh, well, I have never been known for my graceful movements!
Thanks again~
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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