Reconstruction blues
I have reconstructive surgery set up. They have had several weeks to get my insurance in order. Surgery is 9 days away. The person that I have to speak with has been short with me. Gives me different reasons why it has not been done. I need to make hotel reservations and buy a specific bra. She keeps telling that they usually don't in know until a week before hand. I called my insurance company and they said that they were waiting on the doctors office to call them. Today she said that if they didn't know by Monday I should just probably reschedule since I needed to make reservations. Sarcastic.
I am very uncomfortable proceeding with the surgery through them. She told me to call and check back but when I do she is unhelpful if not downright rude. I am calling no more than once a week or every 10 days. I am having an expander put in which means that I will have to be there once a week for a while. Maybe I am being overly sensitive but I am considering finding another surgeon. If you know of a good one in the Jonesboro/ Little Rock, Arkansas area please let me know.
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Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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