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Old 08-10-2009, 04:35 AM   #7
whatz
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Re: Stg II, lumpectomy vs mastect

I'm stage I. I chose masectomy for two reasons:
1. small breast and according to surgeon because of size of tumor (2cm) lumpectomy would have been disfiguring anyway

2. more importantly: I would have had to have radiation and due to placement of tumor according to surgeon possibly would have also impacted lungs with radiation.

Word of advice: I opted for immediate reconstruction since I thought that was easier on my body (one less procedure) but the breast MRI wasn't done prior to surgery. Now due to magnetic port of expander can't be done until I'm done with surgery. Make sure all MRI testing is done prior to you getting a magnetic port expander. I didn't know this ahead of time.
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4/09 suspicious lump in left breast
5/09 biopsi lead to diagnosis ER/PR -
Her2+.Grade 3,full masectomy left breast,sentinel nodes clear,Stage 1
6/09 Adriamycin + Cytoxan 4 treatments (every 3 weeks) followed by Taxol + Herceptin, 1 treatment weekly for 12 weeks, followed by Herceptin for 40 weeks
MRI Brain 4/10 clear
CT Body 4/10 clear
PET Body 2/11 clear
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