Thanks ladies for your support. AA I will definitely give feedback on what I experience since I will be ahead of your SO.
Lani I really appreciate your input/advice. I have been a member of this board for many years and truly respect your opinion. Quite honestly, you have given me a lot to think about. I will do much more research on this before I make my final decision. Fortunately (in an odd way) I am seeing another ortho in this group (they specialize) for a possible torn rotator cuff - apparently I am falling apart
. He also does knees, but related to sports injuries. I will talk to him about the pros and cons of bilateral surgery and may go outside the group for another opinion. The knee guy does mostly minimally invasive surgery so I am hoping that is a plus. I do have more questions now and will definitely try to get some answers.
Please continue to chime in. I would love to hear from others.
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Gerri
Dx: 11/23/05, Lumpectomy 12/12/05
Tumor 2.2 cm, Stage II, Grade 3, Sentinel Node biopsy negative
ER+ (30%) /PR+ (50%), HER2+++
AC X 4 dose dense, Taxol X 4 dose dense
Herceptin started with 2nd Taxol, given weekly until chemo done
then given every 3 weeks for one year ending on March 16, 2007
Radiation 30 treatments
Tamoxifen - 2 yrs (pre-menopausal)
May 2008 - Feb 2012 Femara
Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 Zometa every 6 months
March 2012 - Stop Femara, now Evista for bone strengthening
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