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Re: Port Placement
Thanks Nancy,
I'm thinking as soon as I feel any discomfort or pain in my head, or see the hair coming out, that's when i'll shave my head. Did you do it yourself, or did you have someone do it for you? Did you buy a shaver just for the occasion? Did you cut your hair short first? Did you wear wigs or scarves mostly? I am going to try to go wig shopping this weekend, but i also want to have plenty of hats and scarves. After the hair is gone, do you wash your head with your normal body soap? Sometimes i have dry skin...I've never had dandruff, but i wonder if my head will get dry skin? I know these are a lot of questions, and they seem trivial, but everything seems so weird and different lately. My whole world seems to revolve around cancer lately!!!! Well, I AM going on a bike ride with a friend of mine on Saturday....nothing to do with cancer! Just a nice bike ride at the beach!
Thanks for any answers you feel like giving!
I'm very happy to have found this group!
Pat
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6/2007-stereotactic biopsy: stage 0 carcinoma L breast
6/2007-partial mastectomy, L breast: stage 1 invasive carcinoma, estrogen +
7/2007- Removed sentinal lymph nodes....all negative. 33 radiation treatments, followed by tamoxifen
5/2011-stereotactic biopsy: stage 0 carcinoma L. breast again, estrogen/progesterone negative. Nobody used the words Her2+ yet.
8/18/2011-travelled to Texas (I live in NJ) for bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction with DIEP flap. 3 days later, left breast turned blue...had emergency surgery to unclog vessel and try to save the flap. 24 hours after that, had another emergency surgery... took a vein from my left arm and re-routed it to the breast. Saved the breast flap but went into congestive heart failure because of all the IV fluids. Spent 10 days in ICU...8 days on a ventilator. Traumatic experience!!! Then was told it was actually Stage 2, Her2+, and I would need chemo.
Now back in NJ.
10/11/11-port was placed
chemo starting in about 2 weeks
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