Skibunny,
I had a bilateral mastectomy but could not have immediate reconstruction since I had extensive lymph node involvement and knew that I would have to have radiation. I can tell you that with the mastectomy I erperienced very little pain. I guess it's because they are not cutting through any major organs or muscle. There are women on this board who have had immediate reconstruction so I'm sure you'll get more responses. As a matter of fact, there was a recent thread on this subject.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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