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Dear Shad,
Thanks! You just gave me a boost that made my day. I'm intrigued by your having had free DIEP- I'm seriously considering just that, if my mets will behave long enough that I can squeeze it in! I'm really tired of having shifted from a B/B to a B/-A then to a C/-A (thank you chemo) and then to a D/-A because of Decadron!! Egad! Stretch marks and talk about an uneven load! I'd rather be equally flat chested than this! But the idea of a free tummy tuck (again, thank you dear decadron for THAT extra baggage as well) and not having to wear a $%^&* prosthesis to fit my clothes is VERY enticing. Would love to know the details.
Warm thoughts,
Rentrac
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Oct. 2003: Dx age 48, Stage IIIA Ductal Ca. dense dose neoadjuvent AC. BrCa 1&2 -, ER+, PR-, Her2+. 2004: R mastectomy, 3+ nodes, dense doseTaxotere ( allergic), total hysterectomy, radiationx36 . Tamoxifen x6 mo., Arimidex x9 mo. Jan. '06: Multi left metastatic nodes left neck. Stage IV. Taxol, Carboplatin (allergic to both), Herceptin, radiationx27. Herceptin cont'd. 1 mediastinal met in old rad field. April: 2 brain mets - Rcerebellar, Ltemporal lobe. Gammaknife. Stop Herceptin, Start Tykerb. May: CyberKnife-mediastinal node, Zometa restart. July: New RLung mets. Xeloda add. Jan. 2008: CT: Lung mets shrinking. Fatty liver w/increased liver function panel. Feb '08: MRI: brain mets back, 2nd GammaKnife. June: Migraine headaches from cerebellar tumor. Team for WBR - Choose Craniotomy on Cerebellum only. Aug: Crainiotomy successful. Sept: PET -right lung apex clean; left internal mammary artery appears malignant. Herceptin in future. Left mastectomy?
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