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Re: Decision Time - Need Advice
There are lots of things to consider with this huge decision. You are very young - so if you do mastectomy you will be looking at several more surgical procedures for reconstruction. Also, how much tissue would be removed for the lumpectomy - will you have a normal looking breast? You don't have any info on your signature re your stage, type, grade, nodes, etc - these can also factor into recurrence probabilities. I am much older than you so I elected to have a double mx with no reconstruction and, even now, I sometimes have fleeting moments when I wish I'd had reconstruction. I've had some complications with pulmonary emboli that prevent me from having elective surgery and that option is no longer available to me. I'm sure some of the other women on the forum will give you good advice but don't rush the decision until you have all the info you need and feel comfortable with what you choose.
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Joni -64 yrs old -
3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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