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Old 05-18-2008, 10:46 AM   #9
BonnieR
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Glad it went so well. I like the idea of eating and shopping afterwards too!
It sounds as though you just had local anesthesia, then, since you were talking! My surgeon said it is easier to remove than to install (easy for HER to say!) therefore it is an office proceedure. What sort of port did you have? Mine is a Bard.
I would like to hear other's experience with this too.
Thanks Blanche.
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May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
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Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
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