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Re: I have decided to be a teacher with breast this year
Alice - I'm laughing at this because I had this same feeling after my mastecomy 8 yrs ago. I chose not have reconstruction and so had the one fairly large breast and nothing to balance it. Having one lopsided breast flopping around under a large shirt felt odd to me and I almost wished I'd had a double mast. just to have symmetry. I thought the prosthesis felt "heavy" but felt better in a bra when I was out in public. So each day I'd ask myself "one lump or 2?" Now I strap on my bra & prosthesis daily (unless I'm just a home) and don't think a thing of it. As I've lost weight through these last 8 years I've gone down bra & prosthesis sizes & from a c to an a cup. I'm sure you'll find the right balance of what is comfortable for you. I think the purple hair is a must!
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6/01 IBC er+ her2+stage IIIb; mastecomy
7/01 AC, taxol; radiation
2/02 tamoxifen
9/02 stage IV bone mets femara
1/03 taxotere/herceptin/aredia
6/03 herceptin, aredia & faslodex
1/04 navelbine, herceptin, aredia
2/05 herceptin/aredia
7/05 xeloda/herceptin/aredia
3/07 xeloda/tykerb/aredia
5/08 taxol/avastin/aredia
2/09 gemzar/herceptin/zometa
7/09 Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, zometa
10/09 navelbine/herceptin & zometa
2/10 herceptin & tykerb & zometa
4/10 add xeloda &aromasin
10/10 dx with dermatomyiositis triggered by cancer
11/10 restart herceptin, tykerb, zometa
12/10 surgery-place rod in R femur to stabilize bone
1/11 radiation to R femur - 20 tx
2/11 2nd surgery - rod in Left femur
2/11 tx eribulen -- suspended dx brain mets
3/11 brain mets wbr 20 tx
4/11 halaven; discontine 8/11 not working
8/11 radiation to left femur 20 tx'
8-9/11 rad to lower spine
9/11 abraxane/herceptin/zometa
9/12 xeloda/herceptin/zometa
12/12 ablation of liver
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