March 2013 Surgeries

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  • mamasixtaz
    mamasixtaz Member Posts: 319
    edited March 2013

    Sending all positive thoughts and prayers to the 4th surgery sisters. Stay as calm as you can and all will go well as you make it to the recovery side. We will all be joining you soon. Many ((Hugs))!

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  • TinaHoff
    TinaHoff Member Posts: 62
    edited March 2013

    I'm having my surgery March 28. A skin-sparing mastectomy on the right side, and the surgeon will remove some of my lymph nodes at the same time.  That is a really uneducated way to put it, I know, but I honestly can't remember the technical terms for everything. 

    One moment, I am terrified of how I will feel when I wake up after the surgery, when a part of me is just gone.

    The next moment, I can't wait to "get the show on the road" and kick out this freeloader of a tumor!

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  • kap
    kap Member Posts: 73
    edited March 2013

    I hope all the surgeries all went well today. You have all been in my thoughts. Post when you can and let us know how you're doing.



    Good luck to tomorrow's crew- Jenamae, Marian, Tracey, and Anne. I know you'll do great.



    I am anxiously awaiting my turn on Friday. Turning into a bundle of nerves. I'm hoping that the waiting is worse than the recovery.

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  • marianelizabeth
    marianelizabeth Member Posts: 1,735
    edited March 2013

    Just finished cleaning our whole house; I am ready. 0600 arrival at the hospital and confirmed I am first on the slate. Jenamae, Tracey and Anne we have a big cheering section and we will all do well.

    Maureen, let us know how you are doing once you get home. 

    :) Marian

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  • anne11595
    anne11595 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013
    Marianelizabeth you will do great tomorrow! You will be in my thoughts and a big hug to! Still I hospital but I'm feeling pretty good right know!pain is not that bad,pain pill even better what ever it was! Been up walking the floors.The none breast does not hurt haha! Under arm sore! My grandson (4 yrs old) wanted to know if I had a baby!!! The only thing he knows about a hospital!! Will talk more tomorrow ,going for walk then to bed!
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  • anne11595
    anne11595 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013

    Sorry I missed everyone that is having surgery tomorrow! It's the drugs . Good luck to all!!

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  • Foreverchanged72612
    Foreverchanged72612 Member Posts: 223
    edited March 2013

    Mariane, first in the OR! Way to go! Positive thoughts coming your way and to everyone else on Mar 5. Sorry I missed the Mar 4 gals. Hoping for a speedy recovery for all of you.

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  • TLR
    TLR Member Posts: 55
    edited March 2013

    Tomorrows the day. Thoughts with my surgery sisters, we are all going to be fine. Will post when I can. Good luck to all the others having surgery this week.

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  • Lin43
    Lin43 Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2013

    Jrose and 2girls-2spaniels

    We are surgery sisters on Wednesday. What times are you scheduled? I have to be there at 6 for 8 am surgery. Taking an Ambien tonight and tomorrow.

    How are you doing? All the warm thoughts flowing on this board lift my spirits. Gentle hugs to everyone!
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  • Atreyu
    Atreyu Member Posts: 8
    edited March 2017

    I am slotted to have a lumpectomy on March 8 but do not know yet what time.  I am hoping to see if I can get an MRI beforehand to see if I'm looking at more than what's been found so far.  I found a lump in my breast around the first part of February and had a same-day with the doc.  Finally got a mammogram and ultrasound on February 14 with biopsy on the 15th.  Results came back IDC in my right breast, and the mass is ER+/HER2+.  I'm 37 with three children.  I've been having pains in my pelvis for quite some time now and with all the research (probably shouldn't have been doing that as the things I'm finding at times freak me out, but I like to try to educate myself as much as possible), there could be some issues with my ovaries.  Plus since I've found the lump the first part of February, the lump has changed in size and shape.  In addition, I found another lump just to the right of the first one and I'm also now having pain in my left breast -- once again, could be psychosomatic.  I'm beginning to get very anxious of every lump and pain and would love to have more information about what's going on in my body.

    Best of luck to all of our March surgeries, ladies!  Praying every one of us come out at the end of this survivors!

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  • kap
    kap Member Posts: 73
    edited March 2013

    Welcome whisperwillow. Looks like you will be joining Cuetang and I as surgery sisters.

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  • 2girls-2spaniels
    2girls-2spaniels Member Posts: 10
    edited March 2013

    Lin43 - I am scheduled for a 12:30 operation but need to be at the hospital by 10:00 am.  I am getting nervous about the entire procedure and praying the LN are clear.  Trying real hard to be positive. Getting a lot of well wished and hugs has been awesome.  Warm thoughts and prayers to all of my surgery sisters and gentle hugs :)

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  • jj52
    jj52 Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2013

    Hi everyone, I'm new to these boards but have been following along for a while. I had a mastectomy with TE on the left breast on March 1st. Before the surgery I was quite terrified, uncertain that I was doing the right thing, full of doubts. I feel so much better now, so I wanted to share that with those of you still waiting and wondering. The reality was not as bad as the anticipation and fear.



    I had 2 lumpectomy surgeries and radiation for DCIS in 2011, so I was shocked when my regular mammogram in February showed recurrence. Because I had the maximum radiotherapy in 2011, mastectomy was the only option presented. I went back and forth between wanting to do nothing at all, or having a double mastectomy. I was persuaded by the docs to do the left mastectomy with TE now, then decide on reduction or prophylactic mastectomy on the right side later.



    The pain has been quite manageable, not as bad as my rotator cuff repair a few years ago. I spent one night in the hospital then went home on antibiotics, oxycodone and arnica. The home care nurse has visited twice and was impressed that my plastic surgeon prescribed arnica before and after the surgery. Not sure if it's effective but today I woke up feeling great.



    Best wishes to all those going through this, it helps to know we're not alone. We can make it!



    BTW, anne, my grandson also though I was having a baby..



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  • marianelizabeth
    marianelizabeth Member Posts: 1,735
    edited March 2013

    Am now waiting to get taken in to day care surgery area. Managed to get to bco

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  • patriciahurtado
    patriciahurtado Member Posts: 489
    edited March 2013

    Mariane........ I will be praying for you.....



    Jj52 thank you for letting us know how you are feeling.... I'm praying that my BXM with LN will be ok... So terrified ....



    Virtual hugs to everyone!!!!!!!

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  • Lin43
    Lin43 Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2013

    Praying for you Marian and for Jenamae, Tracey and tx_anne. What a warrior you are--posting a message while you wait to get taken into surgery area!

    2 girls-2 spaniels--I guess I'll be done tomorrow by the time you get started. I will hold you in my thoughts and prayers. Tomorrow evening, we will be one step closer to being called survivors! 

    Jj52--thank you from me also for your comment about the reality not being as bad as the anticipation and fear. I am so sorry you have to deal with bc again! Here is to you continuing to feel great as the week moves on...

    Gentle hugs to everyone

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  • anne11595
    anne11595 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013

    Hello lady's, just to let every know it is so true that the anticipation and fear are so much worse than any thing. But if some told me that Sunday I would not believed them. I am home and resting nice in my chair and pillows. Get a little sore when I walk but still need to be moving some.I hope every one feels as good as I do when they are done with there surveys but everyone is a little different.I did have a left mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection.So good luck to everyone and hugs!

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  • 2girls-2spaniels
    2girls-2spaniels Member Posts: 10
    edited March 2013

    Anne11595

    You are one awesome woman.  You had surgery on Monday and here you already are logging in.  My time is tomorrow countdown has already started 23 hours and counting. I have everything crossed. Gentle hugs

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  • TXWildFlower
    TXWildFlower Member Posts: 20
    edited March 2013

    Hi Everyone!

         I hope you don't mind me joining in the fun! I am 28 and having a lumpectomy of a tumor at the 12 o'clock position in my left breast as well as an excisional biopsy of a mass under the left arm tomorrow both with needle loc.

    My other symptoms are dimpling on the outer side of the breast and a rash. I was treated for shingles and with antibiotics but neither helped.  I am getting married on the 16th and flying to Hawaii the 17th for the honeymoon so I'm hoping to be recovered enough to go no matter what the news is.

    SO happy to find this group. Sorry you all are going through this as well but it sure is nice to have people to talk to that understand!

                    Emily

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  • TXWildFlower
    TXWildFlower Member Posts: 20
    edited March 2013

    I wanted to ask a quick question if you ladies don't mind! I had an MRI yesterday (just two days before surgery) and was wondering if any of you had your surgery plan changed last minute due to results of an MRI? His office hadn't received them yet and won't until this afternoon but he said that he *may* have to take much more than planned depending on what it showed. Thanks :)

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  • 3mom
    3mom Member Posts: 45
    edited March 2013

    TXWildFlower,

    Hello and Welcome.  Yes, my surgery has changed since my MRI.  I had lumpectomy first for just a benign fibro then found cells around fibro that were abnorma, then went looking for more with MRI and found more so it was just suppossed to be a wider excision of the origional lumpectomy site that has now turned into a bilateral mastectomy.  That being said - I am acutally glad I had MRI - was not glad to find more areas - BUT I would rather know going into surgery what was exactly going on then always wonder till the next time if everything was looked at throughly.  Keep us posted!

    whisperwhillow - hello to you too!  I hear you - same age 37 and three little kids 9,6,and 3.  We still have not told them what is all going on.  I think my husband and I will this weekend - when we still have 2 weeks to go.  It will be enough for them to ask questions but not too much time to dwell on it.  Also I am deciding if I will tell teachers because my surgery will be a Monday and I will be overnight so  I am thinking I need to let teachers know incase they are anxious at all that day - or lets say daddy forgets to pack snacks or something!!!  Ha ha!!! 

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  • TXWildFlower
    TXWildFlower Member Posts: 20
    edited March 2013

    3mom- Thanks or your reply! I just got the call for the MRI results and they said it looked 'good'. I am a little confused because I have an area of thickening under the left arm as well as a small lump which can be easily felt and I don't know why it didn't show on MRI. The thickening showed on mammogram and ultrasound but the MRI is normal (besides the other tumor they are removing). Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I am SO confused.

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  • anne11595
    anne11595 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013

    Good luck,Linda,T Rose,and 2girls2spaniels .Hope the best for all of you and a speedy recovery.you will be in my thoughts.(hugs) to all.

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  • Maureen1
    Maureen1 Member Posts: 614
    edited March 2013

    Anne - you are amazing, posting the day of surgery, wow! I just got home from the hospital, I'm still wiped out and the pain pills are making me fall asleep so it has taken me 3 tries to post anything! Still painful but mostly in the arm pits not as much in my "missing breasts" except swelling...thinking of all of you, hope today's surgery sisters are doing well and keeping tomorrow's surgery sisters in my thoughts and prayers:) Ironmagnolia...let us know how you're doing when you are able to...

    Welcome to the March surgery group (((jj52, TinaHoff, TXWildFlower, and whisperwhillow))) let me know if I have your information and dates right, I'm a little "out of it" right now so forgive me if I've mixed up dates or procedures:)

    Here's the most recent list with a few more updates...(((Warm Hugs))), Maureen

    March 1st - Left mastectomy with TE's - jj52

    March 1st - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/TE's - Keke

    March 4th - Left mastectomy with axillary node dissection - anne11595

    March 4th - Bilateral mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction - ironmagnolia

    March 4th - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/implants - Maureen

    March 5th - Preventive skin and nipple sparing mastectomy with TE's - Jenamae

    March 5th - Right mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/TE's and axillary node dissection - Marian

    March 5th - Bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction and sentinel node biopsy - Tracey

    March 5th - Bilateral mastectomy, with anxillary lymph node dissection on ipsalateral side and sentinal node biopsy on contralateral side - tx_anne

    March 6th - Right mastectomy and axillary node dissection - Linda

    March 6th - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/TE's - jrose

    March 6th - Left mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/possible TE - 2girls-2spaniels

    March 6th - Left lumpectomy - TXWildFlower/Emily (do I have the right date?)

    March 7th - Right Mastectomy with Reconstruction/Tissue expander placement (Right) - Denise (dede707)

    March 8th - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate DIEP reconstruction - Cuetang

    March 8th - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction/implants - Karrie

    March 8th - Right lumpectomy - whisperwhillow

    March 12th - Exchange surgery with scar revisions - cat24

    March 12th - procedure? - LKSHER

    March 13th - Latissimu Dorsi flap surgery with implant - Shelley

    March 15th - ? procedure - Nikstar

    March 19th - Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction latissimus dorsi flap and implants - Mamasixtaz

    March 20th - Left mastectomy with tissue expander - Sharon (Butterflylady)

    March 21st - Bilateral mastectomy with Left axillary node dissection - Foreverchanged72612

    March 21st - Bilateral mastectomy with tissue expanders and latissius dorsi flap, axillary node dissection - Leigh

    March 21st - Bilateral mastectomy with tissue expanders - patriciahurtado

    March 25th - Bilateral mastectomy with tissue expanders - 3mom

    March 27th - Mastectomy with axillary node dissection - Lou4of7

    March 27th - Mastectomy (Right); Prophylactic Mastectomy (Left); Reconstruction: Tissue expander placement (Both) - MauiGirl

    March 28th? - Bilateral mastectomy with tissue expanders and lymph node dissection - Shari

    March 28th - Left skin sparing mastectomy and lymph node dissection - TinaHoff

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  • Lin43
    Lin43 Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2013

    Anne...You had the same surgery I'll be having only on the opposite side. Thanks for the hugs. So glad to hear you are up and moving about! I am drinking plenty of fluids to wash out a bad reaction I had to a drug infusion last week. Heart rate is still elevated a bit but they are saying I am good for surgery tomorrow morning. Gotta get this done!!!

    Maureen...great to see you back on board! Hope you can get some well deserved and much needed rest on those pain pills.

    Gentle hugs to all!

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  • LKSHER
    LKSHER Member Posts: 209
    edited March 2013

    My surgery is definitely the 12th. Double mastectomy with axillary removal on the left and hopefully sentinel node only on the right. I am not positive of whether or not they will be putting in tissue expanders, yet.

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  • kap
    kap Member Posts: 73
    edited March 2013

    Maureen, as we are having the same surgery, I am so glad to hear you are home and doing well.

    Good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow. You are all in my thoughts. Hopefully everyone recovering is feeling a little better everyday.

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  • Lisa1637
    Lisa1637 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013

    Keeping all you awesome ladies in my thoughts!!!!

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited March 2013

    Holy cow, those of you posting so shortly after your surgeries are really awesome! Glad to hear of your updates and rest and recover. (Hugs!)

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  • TXWildFlower
    TXWildFlower Member Posts: 20
    edited March 2013

    Maureen- the date is right! Thanks so much for including me! You are all such strong, brave women and I'm so honored that I'm included.

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