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Old 11-30-2010, 11:40 PM   #4
Chelee
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Re: DianneS: choices after mastectomy

Reconstruction was never brought up to me when I was dx? It wasn't till about two months after finishing my 6th cycle of TCH that I realized I was never given the option of recon. I probably would of went with immediate recon at that time so that I could of got it all done at the same time. By the time I found out someone should of mentioned it to me it was too late. I had enough surgeries and couldn't stand the thought of one more. So I let it go.

I didn't care for the first prothesis I had...they felt awful and kept creeping up till they were under my chin... that looked really nice. lol Or one high and the other one low. Totally lopsided. Ha! I was constantly pulling them down all day. (Very annoying.) Then I found the weighted prothesis and those have been great for me. Love them. Since their weighted they stay put...never move up...and I don't even notice them once my bra is in place. The weighted ones for me are very comfortable. My insurance company will pay for a new pair each yr and 3 new bra's...so that's not too bad.

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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.
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