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Continued
Just a side note- I don't know if you are going to need rads or not- I do- I start this week. I was told that there was a 50/50 chance of the area on that side encapsulating and needing to be fixed after rads. I didn't really have any other options because I didn't have enough tissue to do flaps. My doc said that we could at least get them in and get the skin stretched and that IF I had problems that he could fix it after rads. I'll let you know how it turns out.
I hope that you have lots of luck with surgery and pray that you have the best possible outcome.
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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