Last Chemo!
I had my last taxol yesterday. So 4,rounds of AC followed by 12 weekly taxol all completed. I am pleased to be finished, feeling O.K went for a 6 k walk this morning- I think it's the steroids! So no...
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Hi Lisa,
I'm in a very different position to you, not sure whether it'll help. I had a lumpectomy initially in late April, which was followed by a re-excision as there was DCIS in the tissue margins. What was thought to be a small tumour on biopsy, turned out to be an irregular mucinous 40mm tumour. The re-excision was still unsuccessful with more dreaded cells in margins. In my case, I was still given a choice for a further re-excision or a mastectomy. Considering my breasts were so small to start with, and after discussion with my surgeon, I decided on a mastectomy. It proved to be the best decision for me as there was another 12mm mucinous tumour hiding elsewhere. Hormone positive, grade 2.
I'd seen mastectomy scars before but I was still devastated that it's me. Immediate reconstruction was not really appropriate for me as I was so inflamed from previous surgeries and I didn't want any post-op complications to delay the onset of chemo and it still wasn't confirmed whether radiotherapy was still happening. So far so good, everything is healing well and I start chemo (AC) next Tues, 4 weeks post-op.
Helping me in the decision were my family and friends. One friend said.."Just get it off". In a few weeks, I'm planning to go to a specialty shop for a new prosthesis (looks like a small chicken fillet with a nipple) and some retail therapy with the girls. Laughter has been my best medicine. But will admit in the early weeks, I had some really dark days.
Long term plan will be a reconstruction with a tattoo.
All the best with your decision and further surgery. I'm about to start 4 rounds of AC next week. I read you had the same initially. How did it effect you?
Karen xx