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A few of you said 8 to 10 days...that seems to be the norm. I heard the same thing from a couple women down at my cancer center. I wonder why mine is taking so darned long? So much for a *simple* mastectomy...obviously nothing about it was simple since I am still draining 29 days later. I am suppose to get to 30cc's or below. I've already gotten 94 cc's just today alone. The fluid is just now gettting clearer verses that blood red color. This doesn't seem right to me. I understood this after my MRM and SNB last year...but I shouldn't still be draining over 90cc's per day after a month.
As you can imagine I am so tired of all the gauze & tape on my stomach & that tube hanging out. Its sore and un-comfortable. Plus I want a full and complete shower. My surgeon is adamant about staying OUT of the shower. He does not want it wet. I am tired of just washing *parts* of myself. Gee...I've had my mastectomy on 3-15-07, and my ooph on 4-5-07...and in all that time NO shower. Hands up...how many can SMELL me from where your sitting? LOL (Don't answer that!) hahaha
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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