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Another bump in the road
Just a quick update..
Found a lump in my right "breast" 3 weeks ago. Still have expanders in and was about to start radiation this week. Doctor felt the lump and we did an ultrasound. She felt it needed to be biopsied so we did a needle biopsy today. They feel it is just a fat necrosis cyst from the mastectomy but after the biopsy i began to leak clear fluid from the site. Had to make an emergency appointment and apparently the dr doing the biopsy nicked my expander and it is now leaking inside my chest.. I see the ps tomorrow to figure out what we are going to do. If it is still leaking in the am they are taking it out and replacing it with a new expander.. If it seems to have stopped leaking they want to leave it and start radiation and hope it does not begin leaking later, since they can not do surgery on radiated skin..
Has anyone ran into this problem before???
Hope everyone is doing well..
Thanks for listening..
Tracy
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Baseline Mammogram November 2010, found 2 suspicious calcifications (right side).
Second Mammogram April 2011, found 2 masses in the right breast, 1 in the lymph node and 1 in the left breast.
3 Biopsies May 11, 2011
Diagnosed right Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer which spread to my lymph node 5-13-2011.
Between Stage 2 and 3 with tumors grade III. ER/PR- but Her2neu+++
PET Scan clear
Breast MRI showed 2 masses in left, 5 in the right and 2 in the lymph node.
Biopsy of left mass benign
Joined clinical trial which required second biopsy of one of the right masses
Port placed May 27, 2011
Began Chemo (Taxol, Herceptin and Tykerb) on June 1, 2011 - September 12, 2011
Bi-lateral Mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders) October 3, 2011
FEC 12 weeks
Radiation 6 weeks
Herceptin 8 months finish September 2012
Exchange surgery August 3, 2012
Been NED since October 2011
Lymphedema right arm since Nov 2013
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