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Update and questions
Hi everyone just wanted to tell everyone on August 3 I had my last surgery for the exchange of expanders to implants. Surgery was easy as recovery has been except I was in the hospital last week, my bp was 86/58 and I passed out several timesHospital was torture! They ended up sticking me 25 times for an IV before they finally put a picc line in to do a ct scan looking for cancer on my adrenal gland. All tests were negative and they sent me home with no resolution. So far I am still light headed with low bp but have not passed out. I have 3 herceptin treatments left and then will be done everything except nipple recon but thinking I will go with bamm-bamm and pebbles tattoos instead.
This coming weekend we are moving from nj to Roanoke Virginia area and need to find a new onc to follow me. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks for the continued support and advice. Could not have survived the past year and a half without my cyber-friends..
Tracy
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Baseline Mammogram November 2010, found 2 suspicious calcifications (right side).
Second Mammogram April 2011, found 2 masses in the right breast, 1 in the lymph node and 1 in the left breast.
3 Biopsies May 11, 2011
Diagnosed right Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer which spread to my lymph node 5-13-2011.
Between Stage 2 and 3 with tumors grade III. ER/PR- but Her2neu+++
PET Scan clear
Breast MRI showed 2 masses in left, 5 in the right and 2 in the lymph node.
Biopsy of left mass benign
Joined clinical trial which required second biopsy of one of the right masses
Port placed May 27, 2011
Began Chemo (Taxol, Herceptin and Tykerb) on June 1, 2011 - September 12, 2011
Bi-lateral Mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders) October 3, 2011
FEC 12 weeks
Radiation 6 weeks
Herceptin 8 months finish September 2012
Exchange surgery August 3, 2012
Been NED since October 2011
Lymphedema right arm since Nov 2013
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