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Re: Decision Time - Need Advice
Go with your gut feelings! Reconstruction is always an option, immediate or later, as I have discovered. As I made your decision I asked the onc...she said if it was me or my family I say MX. The surgeon was happier with a lumpectomy. Isn't it funny how they see life differently. The onc sees life and death everyday from cancer, so she believes in trying everything. Her quote to me was "let's do everything we can to rid your body of cancer now, or we wil be chasing cancer for the rest of your life.". That made all the difference for me. You will make the right choice for YOU.
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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