Bad night
I'm just on to get things off my chest (ha! made a funny). I had the partial mastectomy the Thursday before Christmas. The surgeon said that the results probably wouldn't come in until the end of la...
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Dr Kollias is my my breast surgeon and he is an extremely skilled kind and gentle surgeon. I've recommended him to many, including family and he did my bilateral mastectomy and breast reconstruction and my nieces revision reconstruction. Of course like anyone he can have off days but overall I really like him and have seen some great results of other ladies too. As to auxilliary clearance the nodes are sort of clumped together so they take a chunk and then see what they get.
You are probably looking at 6 months of chemo which starts around 3 to 6 weeks after surgery...then because of nodes (if over 3) after clearance or size possibly a further 6 weeks radio. I didn't require radio but was wiped out and basically wasn't ready to return to work until October and need to start at reduced hours. However we are all different and I hope for you it is. I'm seeing Dr Kollias at the RAH on the 18/1 so if you are there for an appt. we might be able to say hi. It will be my first time at the new RAH. Kath x
You are probably looking at 6 months of chemo which starts around 3 to 6 weeks after surgery...then because of nodes (if over 3) after clearance or size possibly a further 6 weeks radio. I didn't require radio but was wiped out and basically wasn't ready to return to work until October and need to start at reduced hours. However we are all different and I hope for you it is. I'm seeing Dr Kollias at the RAH on the 18/1 so if you are there for an appt. we might be able to say hi. It will be my first time at the new RAH. Kath x