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Re: How long have you been Stage IV?
Truly wonderful news. We’re all praying for you. I hope things always go well for you
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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Hi ladies….Cant sleep. Gabbie has chemo tomorrow and I’ve got to be ready to be at the hospital early with her. It still upsets me. I hate it. It makes me so mad. My fiancé drives up to her place to pick her up at 730 am and drives her there. Then I come to relieve him at nine and then when she’s done he drives her home again. He’s gone to every chemo. He’s amazing. I don’t know what we would do without this amazing soul we’ve been gifted. The best man I’ve ever known. I hope it goes quick and I can get some sleep. I think about you all. Mkestral love the pics. Make me smile. Tanya. Seriously??? Wonderful photos and I hope you had a blast. Be safe everyone! Much love!
micmel
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Thanks for kind thoughts cookie and Mara. I don't have any flowers inside but I have pretty fall colors outside that I have been watching. The garden froze but I got a few Tabasco peppers and made some Tabasco sauce. This was my first experiment so that was cool. It is tasty.
Congrats on stable goldens, I hope your pneumonitis improves.
mkestrel
Re: Immediate reconstruction vs. going flat now and possible reconstruction later
Hi @melissa_s
First I should again qualify that my delayed recon was 22 years ago as I noted, so what was done then and what is done today may be different. No, I did not have an expander. As i recall, the skin sparing mx just ended up with excess skin in the area. It's not really formed into a breast. This is why I said if you do this and later decide to just stay flat, you might want another surgery to remove the excess skin.
I should also note that I don't know anything about keeping nipples. The first mx it was something that was rarely done. The 2nd mx, my tumor was too close to the nipple to be able to keep it.
So, on your options list, for me, the 1st time was delayed flap reconstruction (no expander).
Best of luck to you.
mandy23
Re: Immediate reconstruction vs. going flat now and possible reconstruction later
Hi @melissa_s! You might find this page from our main site helpful as you weigh immediate vs. delayed reconstruction: When Is Breast Reconstruction Done? It covers the pros and cons of each approach and may help you discuss next steps with your surgeon.
We hope this helps. We’re here for you.💕
The Mods
Re: How long have you been Stage IV?
@ssales13 whew! Surgery is no fun and I’m glad you can avoid it!
aj
Re: How long have you been Stage IV?
@ssales13 Wow! That is excellent news, Stacy. So happy for you. Wishing many more great scans!
Hugs, Pam 💗
Re: How long have you been Stage IV?
@livinglifenow , @eddiej , @AJ , @tougholdcrow Hey ladies I went to my doctors appointment yesterday and she said my PET scan was ok and didn’t show any progression from the last one.. So she said I’m stable and that at the moment they would shelf the idea of surgery for right now and now I go every 8 weeks to see her or nurse practitioner and get my Xgeva shot and PET scan every 4 months. I’m thrilled and relieved. I hope everyone is doing ok. I’m always praying for everyone on here.❤️
ssales13
Re: How long have you been Stage IV?
@tougholdcrow , @eddiej Thank you ladies! @eddiej I’m in MD so not too far from you and yes it seems we do have the same sort of protocol! It’s nice to know. Have a great evening ❤️
ssales13
