36 days & still draining...
I had my so called simple mastectomy on March 15th and I *still* have my drain in. Its will be 37 days tomorrow. I am fed up with this. It has to be 30 cc's or lower...and I am still between 54 & 60 cc's per day. I called my surgeons office yesterday & he said he wants to leave it in. (I KNEW that.) I just wanted to know how much longer this MIGHT go on! It doesn't seem normal to me after everyone I've talked to about it.
Has anyone else went *this long*? Remember...this was just a *simple* mastectomy *without* a SNB. If I had a SNB I might not question this as much...but this is getting old real fast!
Chelee
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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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