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Chelee · 10-28-2007, 08:32 PM

Hi Becky, In this surgical report my GYN says due to my recent history of bc I wanted exploritory surgery. (This was never discussed?) I did tell him I was concerned about the mass that showed on PET/CT on my right ovary since I was DX with bc. But we never talked about exploratory surgery? However I was worried the mass might be cancer. So maybe that's why he words it that way.

So in the surgical report it says he looked at my uterus. The only thing I see that he mentioned is something about "Normal appearing uterus with small myomas noted". I need to look that up...first time I read that? Not sure what "myomas" means or is? Time to google. I'm still curious if he didn't remove the tubes if that could explain my FSH & estradiol issue? I could see about getting an "US"...but if he looked at my uterus during the procedure wouldn't that be good enough? (Seems I'm just an estrogen machine no matter what they do.)

Chelee

10-28-2007, 08:32 PM	#7
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Hi Becky, In this surgical report my GYN says due to my recent history of bc I wanted exploritory surgery. (This was never discussed?) I did tell him I was concerned about the mass that showed on PET/CT on my right ovary since I was DX with bc. But we never talked about exploratory surgery? However I was worried the mass might be cancer. So maybe that's why he words it that way. So in the surgical report it says he looked at my uterus. The only thing I see that he mentioned is something about "Normal appearing uterus with small myomas noted". I need to look that up...first time I read that? Not sure what "myomas" means or is? Time to google. I'm still curious if he didn't remove the tubes if that could explain my FSH & estradiol issue? I could see about getting an "US"...but if he looked at my uterus during the procedure wouldn't that be good enough? (Seems I'm just an estrogen machine no matter what they do.) Chelee __________________ 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.