HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Anyone have the tummy tuck/reconstruction combo? (DIEP)

NEDenise · 09-08-2011, 05:27 AM

Thanks everybody!
What you've shared is what I was looking for. My surgery, and DIEP flap recon is scheduled for October 7th at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. I've had my other treatment there, and I'd recommend the hospital, and the staff highly! It takes me an hour each way to get there...in traffic...but it's worth every minute!

I'll be double checking to make sure everything is covered by insurance. So far, I've been okay, but I don't need the shock of a huge bill later! Thanks, Harrie, for reminding me of that possibility.

Be well! And thanks, again!
Denise

09-08-2011, 05:27 AM	#8
NEDenise Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Philly Suburbs Posts: 1,709	Re: Anyone have the tummy tuck/reconstruction combo? (DIEP) Thanks everybody! What you've shared is what I was looking for. My surgery, and DIEP flap recon is scheduled for October 7th at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. I've had my other treatment there, and I'd recommend the hospital, and the staff highly! It takes me an hour each way to get there...in traffic...but it's worth every minute! I'll be double checking to make sure everything is covered by insurance. So far, I've been okay, but I don't need the shock of a huge bill later! Thanks, Harrie, for reminding me of that possibility. Be well! And thanks, again! Denise __________________ 1/11-needle biopsy 2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes 3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH! 4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks 8/26/11 finished Taxol!!! 10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon 11/11 radiation x28 1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY! 1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :( 2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds 4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon 6/8/12 Return to work :) 6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :( 7/10/12 last Herceptin 7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm 8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb 8/23/12 Back to work 12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair 1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY! 1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair 1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm 5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis 5/10/13 begin weaning steroids 6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working! 6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear! 7/5/13 finally off steroids!! 7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin! 7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids 7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again! 8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :) 9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed “ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert