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hi again-i meant december '06.

thanks jule!

dianne

Hi, Dianne, welcome. When did you have your reconstruction? What type did you have? I have a tissue expander and am scheduled for my transfer March 19.

hi gina-

reconstruction has been an ongoing ordeal. i had tissue expanders put in with the original surgery. because of infection, i had the left side put in and taken out twice. the right side is perfect. no nipple yet, but it's perky and i love it. i just had the left tissue expander put in again and so far so good. i've had 3 fills so far and no problems at all.

dianne

Hi Dianne: I also had IDC; I had a fine needle biopsy, followed by removal of the tumor under local anesthesia (the proper term fails me right now, sorry), and than a lumpectomy to make sure that they got all the margins cleared.  Had 10 lymph nodes removed, all negative.

I had four rounds of chemotherapy, 33 rounds of radiation and do not take any aftermath meds. because... I guess I really don't know why... may be the fact that I was negative for the hormones levels.

This will be my 5th year as a survivor, and I now follow my BC "adventure" w/ a yearly mammogram/ultra sound b/c my breast tissue is very dense; a mammogram alone w/ not unveil everything that needs to be unveiled.

I have now several cysts on my "orange", the good boob, and two on my "lemon" the "bad"  boob.

I also had the Gene test done; just to make sure (to a degree) that I will not pass it to my daughter.  I am the first one in my family w/ BC, but there have been other types of cancer on my side of the family and also on my daugther's side of "that" family.

Looking forward to meet you.

Hi Diane,  I was diagnosed with IDC and had a bilateral with node resectioning and expanders put in.  After my first chemo tx I ended up back in surgery to have fluid drained, a culture done, and the right chest area irrigated.  All this delayed my second tx.  All is well now.  Chemo is scheduled for this Mon.  I wish you the best.

Dianne: go to the "Put a face to the name" thread under the Moving Beyond Forum... I am there... LOL

As a "cocktail", I was given Adriamycin and Cytoxan and that is due to Cytoxan that I lost all, ALL, my hair, but my arm's hair (?).

hi everybody-just wanted to let u know that after many trials and tribulations, i finally had my left implant put in yesterday. now i have a matching set!

dianne

thanks swimangel! where in ny are u from? i am from queens originally and as an adult lived on the upper west side of manhattan for many years.

dianne

Hi Marie - you might get more responses to your question if you create your own brand-new thread. I'm so sorry you have to be in the "gray-area" with the Oncotype DX.....a score of 15 is considered low, but you might want to get a second opinion from a different oncologist because your tumor size is large. My tumor size was small....but my Oncotype DX score was intermediate at 22. It's strange, but the size of the tumor doesn't play as big a role as it used to it seems. The fact that my tumor was Her2+ played an important role in the decision to get chemo. Did you get a Fish test on  your tumor - also are you ER/PR positive? All this information would have been sent to the company that did your Oncotype scoring......ultimately, a second opinion will give you much peace of mind (in some cases, a THIRD opinion is even required!)

Good luck Marie and again I'm sorry you have to go through all this!