Bilateral Mastectomy on Tuesday

TracyDenver
TracyDenver Member Posts: 17
edited June 2014 in ILC (Invasive Lobular Carcinoma)

Hi Girls.  Thank you for all youe helpful posts, it is so good to read what everyone else has done and it did help me make up my mind.  I am going for a bilateral Mastectctomy on Tuesday with alloderm reconstution. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I will not need the chemo.

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  • fortunate1
    fortunate1 Member Posts: 644
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy, Hope you have an easy surgery and recovery. Keep us posted.

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  • Gitane
    Gitane Member Posts: 1,885
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy,  My fingers will be crossed.  May your surgery go well.  G.

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited May 2009

    Best to you!

    I am sure all will be well...making the decision is the hardest; the rest will follow.

    Sending prayers and healing thoughts and insight for your surgical team!!

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  • Rhonda1966
    Rhonda1966 Member Posts: 52
    edited May 2009

    Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers Tracy. Hope all goes well. Let us know how things are going!

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  • 1Cathi
    1Cathi Member Posts: 1,957
    edited May 2009

    Dear Tracy,

    Saying special prayers for a speedy recovery W/NO problems.  As Wallycat said the DECISION MAKING is the hardest part.

    xoxoxoxoxoxo

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2009

    Tracy - Just wanted to wish you luck on Tuesday. Keep us posted. We're here for you!

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  • kayakgirl
    kayakgirl Member Posts: 172
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy

    I send you a hug and much positive energy.

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  • Hood1980
    Hood1980 Member Posts: 537
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy,  I'll be praying for you today!  Hope you have a speedy recovery!  :)

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  • angeljoy
    angeljoy Member Posts: 128
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy,

    Thinking of you today and sending good thoughts and energy your way.  Wishing you a speedy recovery.

    Hugs,

    Angela

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  • Gitane
    Gitane Member Posts: 1,885
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy,  Hoping your bilat. mast. went well today and that you will be back with us soon.

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  • tabby
    tabby Member Posts: 135
    edited May 2009

    Hi Tracy:  Know you're now 2 days out.  In a couple of days things will improve.  I had bilateral masectomies on May 7 and things are improving pretty rapidly--I'm pretty pleased although mourning over the body changes and having some discomfort with the te's.  Anyway, hope you're doing amazingly well.  If you're not yet, you will be!  Let us know. 

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  • TracyDenver
    TracyDenver Member Posts: 17
    edited May 2009

    Hi everyone Thank you for all your lovely posts, just to let u know I could not have the Mastectomy in the end I had a high temp and they thought it was unwise to do the whole thing.  Anyway I did have a Sentinel Node dissection done as I was there anyway. I did notice that you all have had more than 1 node removed she only took the one sentinel node is this normal?  And will this be enough for her to tell if cancer is in there?

    I now have a new date for the Mastectomy May 28th so we are on again.

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  • TracyDenver
    TracyDenver Member Posts: 17
    edited May 2009

    Tabby I am so glad to hear that you are doing a lot better and feeling well.  I aways look out for your posts as your cancer seems very similar to mine. ( well I think and hope it is will know more after I have had the bilateral Masectomy next week). I am also hoping like you to be able to avoid chemo.

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  • Seabee
    Seabee Member Posts: 557
    edited May 2009

    Tracy--the sentinel node can be just one, or sometimes, as in my case, it is a group of two or three nodes that are first to catch anything coming their way from the location of the tumor. When there's only one, it serves the purpose.

    Good luck with your mast.

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  • fortunate1
    fortunate1 Member Posts: 644
    edited May 2009

    Tracy; I also had only one node taken. I can only assume that if there is no cancer in the sentinel node they feel no more are needed. I think it also gives us a better chance at avoiding Lymphedema, a very good thing to miss out on. 

    I thought my recovery from the one step alloderm reconstruction was surprisingly quick. Hope yours is too. I felt such relief at having the surgery finally over, I was almost giddy.

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