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Old 02-13-2015, 11:37 PM   #11
rinaina
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Re: 8yrs later I am gearing up for double Mastectomy

Thanks Bonnie for sharing your experience with me. I am glad you have found a comfortable place for yourself. At this point I feel I must try to fix this but not until I am completely healed. One breast is completely healed and the other is almost completely healed. I am crying more then usual too but not on narcotics and haven't been for months. I'm just so overwhelmed with this ongoing nightmare. The latest is I am seeing a PT who specializes in lymphadema because I still have so much pain in my arms shoulders and chest. No one has told me I have lymphadema and I plan on confronting my PS next visit. The problems just keep on coming as a result of me feeling I dropped the ball on this one. I do blame myself for what happened to me because I feel unlike other times I have had surgery, I rushed into it before I had all the self education and facts. Still very upset with myself over this. Also upset I didn't get better guidance from my PS.
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Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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