Bilateral axillary clearance - advice sought
Hi my name is Deb - I was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in February (lobular).I had a bilateral mastectomy with left axillary clearance on the 8th March. I returned to theatre a week later f...
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The plan for me is chemo x 5 then radiation x 25 times, then mastectomy on right breast but I'm volunteering a bilateral with reco & died fland their doing an auxiliary with diep flap:( During the breast screen recall for diagnosis I had another mammogram, ultrasound then a biopsy all done in half a day. The next week I got the bc news. I was devastated! Then I had a sentinel node biopsy prior to any planned surgery and guess what, there was a 4cm bastard in one out of the 4 the doctor extracted that wasn't reported. PET scan later showed fine everywhere else, but the report from the radiography from breast screen said nothing in lymph nodes were detected. But I was impressed with the efficiency of BS all the same. So neoadjuvant is the plan they've decided for me. So many on here are 49 like me. Let's hold 'cyberhands' and keep smiling Xxx