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helenap
helenap Member Posts: 105
edited June 2014 in DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)
surgery day tommororw
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  • helenap
    helenap Member Posts: 105
    edited June 2010

    well finally here. a lump and the mammosite radiation the following week if I qualilfy...

    i am very afraid of the IV but the doc told me in order to get the dye to take out thelymph nodes that he will give me a valium and I am sure I will go to LALA land... and that is just fine.

    I have read and read about this disease and sometimes I find more and more frightening things about it.. but my subconscious must be comfortable with it cause I am sleeping at nights and not fretting about it..

    On top of it, my beloved basset hound was diagnosed with Mast Cell Tumors - Grade 3 - the same as me. but his prognosis is not good. Without any intervention, it is 6 months, but he is doing well right now and we are going to start chemo on him the same week I start radiation. So we will be doing cancer treatment together.

    so hoping for good pathology...

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  • 3monstmama
    3monstmama Member Posts: 1,447
    edited June 2010

    Good Luck tomorrow!  I'm so sorry about your dog--thats hard.  I have some empathy--my cat [12] is going blind in his last eye.  When he lost sight in the first eye, the vet said it was common in cat's with his underlying condition.  I am hoping he will be okay blind--he's a resourceful beast--as I can't imagine not having him around.  When I was recovering from my surgery and doing Zaps, he would plant himself on me but not once did he try to sit on the "owieboobie."  It was actually rather astonishing as he loves to sleep right on top of me and always encouraged me to go to bed early.  Now that I am recovered, he is back to his normal sleeping postion.

    hang in there and let us know how things go for you and your dog.

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited June 2010

    Best of luck tomorrow and to your bassett hound.  Take the valium and you will be fine.

    XOXO

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  • helenap
    helenap Member Posts: 105
    edited June 2010

    surgery over and not as bad as I expected - the IV thing was not fun.. I hurt but not in pain.. hoping for clean margins.. if I had to do it again, I will be quite upset.. hoping for good pathology on thursay

    thanks for all the support

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  • mahouna
    mahouna Member Posts: 9
    edited June 2010

    just joined, can I ask, did you have lumpectomy?

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  • helenap
    helenap Member Posts: 105
    edited June 2010

    yes I struggled with the decision of the mast versus the lump.. my first thought was mast since the fear of grade 3 scared me to DEATH.. couldnt sleep etc. but the more I read an dthe more I spoke to my doctors who were excellent in explaining things to me, I opted for this. for two reasons, the first is I thought a Lump would enable me to move forward when the time came. I am not fond of my boobs at all but with a lump (I was 60 a couple of days ago)  and two years from now, I will look the same .. the mast would require different clothes and a different feel (maybe I am just lazy but it was important for me to kjnow I will make it and be here a long time) and two the srugery recover from a mast was very long.. I also liked my radiation doc and he strongly beleived I wouldk be a candidate for mammosite even after the final pathology.. and that means radiation for one week twice a week.. and I trust him a lot and hoping that my final pathology allows this.. I also though with the size of the DCIS that a mast was overkill and I tried not to let emotions run my decision but it was very hard.. I came from an era where the C word was a death sentence.

    I also knew that my er and pr was 100 and 90 pecent positive and tamoxifin should halt a lot of future growth., so yes you must take a lot into account.. I was also afraid of the radiation on my left breast close to the heart... you need a good radiation person who is up to date on new technology..

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