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Hi there,
I chose to have immediate reconstruction following a double mast. My surgeon recommended it, and at first I really fought him on it. It was going to hold everything up by a few weeks, and I wanted the cancer removed ASAP. I eventually gave in and am glad that I did. I had implants and was lucky enough to be able to get them in at the time of surgery without expanders. I did have to have radiation, and there is a very high risk of problems with that, but I sailed right through without any implant difficulties. The surgery wasn't too bad- just felt very tight (they were up to my chin :-) ) . I was able to go to the pool in a swimsuit 10 days later with my three boys. For me it was the right decision. I went with a 34B so there not glaringly big and I feel very comfortable with them.
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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