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Joan M · 11-30-2007, 09:38 PM

Joanne,

I'm glad to hear that your surgery was successful.

Enjoy your new look. What we girls go throught to look good! I had DIEP flap reconstruction where the plastic surgeon took fat from my tummy (AKA a tummy tuck) and put it in my right breast after my mastectomy. My new breast is larger than my other breast, so these things are not exactly perfect science. And if I were vain, I could get the left breast enlarged to match, but I think not.

I do remember having some leg pain, rather than thigh pain, after my mastectomy and after my lung surgery, but it was more like restless-legs pain. That is, when I walked around it felt better, but when I was lying down my legs really bothered me. It went away pretty quickly, and I thought at the time it was due to the anesthesia.

11-30-2007, 09:38 PM	#5
Joan M Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,851	Joanne, I'm glad to hear that your surgery was successful. Enjoy your new look. What we girls go throught to look good! I had DIEP flap reconstruction where the plastic surgeon took fat from my tummy (AKA a tummy tuck) and put it in my right breast after my mastectomy. My new breast is larger than my other breast, so these things are not exactly perfect science. And if I were vain, I could get the left breast enlarged to match, but I think not. I do remember having some leg pain, rather than thigh pain, after my mastectomy and after my lung surgery, but it was more like restless-legs pain. That is, when I walked around it felt better, but when I was lying down my legs really bothered me. It went away pretty quickly, and I thought at the time it was due to the anesthesia. __________________ Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2023 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!