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Reconstruction
Hoping to get some sage advice or just thoughts on your experiences. I will finish my year of herceptin in May. I am considering reconstruction and it is consuming my thoughts! According to the surgeon who did my MX all is ready. Not sure if I am! This past year has ben long, with every treatment possible. I finally am starting to feel "healthy" again. I now know why the docs are so pushy about having immediate reconstruction! If you wait you agonize over the decision to go back into surgery. It also seems to me to be a leap of faith that I will stay NED. I know you all have wrestled with your choices. It seems so small compared to treatment for C, but here I am asking for advice. Would you do it all the same again? Did RC bring normalcy? If you don't wish to respond on the thread, please message me. I know others out there are wondering the same thing!
Elizabeth
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Diagnosed: Feb 2010 @ 46 yrs old
Invasive Ductual Carcinoma, left
2/28/10 Bilateral Mastectomy (tissue saving for future reconstruction)
3.2 cm 2/18 +lymph nodes
Stage 2b; E+/P+/Her2 +++
Nottingham score grade 2
Ki67 30%
3/2010 A/C 4 DD/2wks
5/2010 Herceptin/Taxotere 4D/3wks
8/2010 Herceptin until May 2011
Tamoxifin 20mg
9/2010 RAD 34 treatments
Pet scan Aug 2010 clear
Port removed July 2011
Bone scan, chest MRI 12/11 clear
Vaccine trial began Oct 2011
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