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Finished chemo and bad news
Hi all,
I have my sixth and last round of TCH chemo which is good news. But while I was talking to my Oncologist she said that the MRI I had on Monday found pre cancerous cells in my right breast. So now both breast are affected. I see my breast surgeon on Monday so I will have to see what he recommends but I am thinking I might do a double mastectomy.
Ang
I have my sixth and last round of TCH chemo which is good news. But while I was talking to my Oncologist she said that the MRI I had on Monday found pre cancerous cells in my right breast. So now both breast are affected. I see my breast surgeon on Monday so I will have to see what he recommends but I am thinking I might do a double mastectomy.
Ang
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- Thanks for the link Angela, i really appreciate it
Kat - Hi @Kat09. It depends on your surgeon. My surgeon uses Prevena dressings rather than stitches and drains but other surgeons use stitches and drains at the same hospital. It has been around for awhile for other types of surgery but I think it is fairly new for mastectomy. I had no issues with it but you have to carry the pump around while you have it on. Here is a link to the Prevena site, http://www.acelity.com/products/prevena-incision-management-system#tab_2
Hope that helps
Angela - Hi @jadziatoo , I'm really pleased to hear that you are almost through your treatment and that you are doing so well. I am almost at the end of my chemo treatment , it's been a long six months! Next is surgery for me, I was interested that you didn't have drains in after your Mastectomy and instead was given a bandage. Is this a new option and did you have any issues with it rather that having the drains ?
- Hi all,
Thanks for the kind words. I have done 10 lots of radiation and I have 15 to go. I am a bit tired but still working full time through it all. Got my permanent prosthesis last Saturday which was exciting. - Oh by Golly it's lucky the other breast was removed too and good news node negative on that side. Hope all goes well with radiotherapy and continuing herceptin. Kath x
- Hope all is ok big hug.xx
- Well @jadziatoo interesting is one word for it - Crap is another!!!!! Good that the chemo has obviously worked in reducing the tumour and that so many of the nodes were negative. Wishing you all the best for your planning visit and your radiation. Xx Cath
- Well the pathology was interesting. The left breast had a 5.5cm tumour bed with 5mm of tumour left after chemo. The right breast they ended up finding a 6.5mm invasive tumour, which was a bit of a surprise. My left breast was er+, pr+ and her2+ but my right was triple negative.Two of the ten lymph nodes they took on the left were positive while the three right nodes were negative. So the team has decided that 5 weeks of radiation is the next thing. I have my planning visit on Friday 12 and then start radiation a couple of weeks after.
- Hey @jadziatoo, so good that you are now home, feeling good and recovering. Wishing you beautiful, fast healing. Xx Cath
Hi auOrei, I had the MRI done because I wanted a lumpectomy on my left breast and my surgeon wanted to see how much of the tumour was left before making the decision about whether it could be done.au0rei said:
I read your post, so sorry to hear about the right breast :( big hugs to you. Glad that surgery is done. Doing a single mastectomy is hard, doing two is way harder esp after 6 chemos (I am done with my 4 chemo and it's taken its toil definitely so I think you are very strong), so take good care of yourself and eat well to recover. On another note, so glad you found the pre-cancer cells on the other side very early, and that it's pre-cancer! Could I ask why you had a MRI done? I was asking my oncologist what tests should be done after chemo and he says done. However, I did have left mastectomy before chemo so mine was adjuvant chemo and I think yours is neo-adjuvant, so that's why you had a scan? I am only meant to have scans (ultrasound and mammo) on my anniversary which is Dec 17. xxxjadziatoo said:Well I am back home after my double mastectomy and bilateral sentinel node biopsies. I was given a Prevena negative pressure bandage rather than drains which is going well. Feeling good.
