Oncologist
Hi Everyone
I have recently had a mastectomy and lat dorsi reconstruction after being diagnosed with a 2.2cm invasive ductal tumour (and DCIS). I previously had a mastectomy on the other side back...
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Hi Louise,
I am going in for a lat dorsi reconstruction in October and was wondering how long it took you to get over it and is it really painfull? I already have a tissue expander in because I was originally just going to have an implant but my scar tissue won't stretch enough, so I've had to go with the lat dorsi and they'll put the permanent implant in at the same time.
I am on the SOFT Trial and will have been on the Hormone treatment for 12 months in November. I am on Tamoxifen and also Triptorelin Injections every 28 days which basically shut the ovaries down. Side effects for me have been Hot Flushes every 40 minutes and night sweats (so not much sleep!) and in the last couple of months I have started having joint pain. So I guess it will be off for a bone scan when I next see my Oncologist. I have decided to put up with the side effects and that it is a small price to pay to prevent the cancer from coming back.
Anyway hope you aren't having too hard a time.
Trish