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Old 09-27-2010, 05:22 AM   #1
joletta
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Question Chemo to radation

I end chemo on 11-19-2010. I currently have expanders in place. They are very unconfortable, heavy, and they are causing a lot of pain and pulling on the sides of my chest not to mention they feel like rocks. I have tenatively decided to go ahead w/implant surgery before radation. So the plan is implants 3 weeks after chemo and 2-3 weeks after that for radation..which means it will be recieved within 6 weeks from last chemo treatment.
Just wondering if you very helpful women can let me know how long you waited for radation after chemo?
What decsion did you girls make?
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Joletta
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idc 2.2 ininvasive 7cm of dcis er/pr- her2+
april 15 2010 bilateral masectomy w/ tissue expanders
may 4 2010 port import
may 6 2010 clean ct scan & bone scan
may 11 2010 start 4 A/C (finish aug 3 2010)
aug 17 2010 start weekly herceptine & taxol 12xs (end date of oct 19 2010)
nov-dec 2010 30 radation
(plan permanent implants for feb or mar 2011)
continue on herceptine till aug 2011

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Old 09-27-2010, 05:45 AM   #2
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Re: Chemo to radation

My last chemo was Dec. 17 and my first radiation was Feb 15, so about 8 weeks for me. I had a mastectomy after chemo in Jan. and then waited 4 weeks before we started radiation. Hope that helps~
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7 of 14 nodes positive
Lumpectomy May 2009
Port May 2009
AC done in Sept 2009
T done Dec. 2009
Herceptin (should finish Oct. 2010)
Mastectomy January 2010
Radiaition x 33 done April 2010
Tamoxafin for five years
Herceptin done!
Still clear May 2011
3 years out May 2012, all good!
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Old 09-27-2010, 02:49 PM   #3
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Re: Chemo to radation

I was four weeks after rads, but "just" had a lumpectomy rather than a mast with recon.
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A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
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June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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