Surgery-no muscle taken

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pabbie
pabbie Member Posts: 370
edited August 2017 in Just Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastasis

5 days post op. The surgeon did not have to take muscle., only the tumor. Groggy from all the anesthesia., but healing well.

I have a rash where all the surgical prep was placed.

I see my surgeon next week.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited May 2017

    pabbie -- so glad to hear all went well! We're sending healing thoughts and gentle hugs while you're on the mend!

    Keep us posted on what your surgeon says.

    --The Mods

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  • bevin
    bevin Member Posts: 1,902
    edited May 2017

    Glad you're recovering well. Good luck with your next visit.

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited June 2017

    Hoping your recovery is smooth!

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  • pabbie
    pabbie Member Posts: 370
    edited June 2017

    Hi., I got my surgical pathology: recurrent Invasive ductal carcinoma with multiple FOCI. (the 2 red dots are multiple foci) My surgeon thinks I need chemo. My question is: what chemo had the least side effects for you?

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited June 2017

    Itbis different for everyone. I have had both TC (Taxotere and Cytoxan) and AC+T (adriamycin, Cytoxan, and taxol). TC is generally regarded as gentler, but it was harder on me than AC+T. TC had also not shown to be slightly less effective ("not noninferior)

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited June 2017

    I had TCHP for the first round - Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin & Perjeta. I found that was much easier for me to take than AC - Adriamycin & Cytoxan. But yes, we are all different so it's hard to guess what might be easiest on you.

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  • amygil81
    amygil81 Member Posts: 165
    edited August 2017

    Pabbie, so sorry to hear you had a recurrence. It was just a few months ago you and I were chatting about trivial things, like bra and prosthesis, and now this damn disease comes back. Sigh.

    They had to take my muscle when I had my chest wall recurrence, as the tumor had started to invade it. I'm down to the bone in places. I call it my upgrade surgery, upgrading me to a full radical mastectomy.

    I had CMF chemo, followed by taxol. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't horrible either. They wanted to give me AC, but I'd already had my lifetime max of adriamycin when I had my bone cancer as a teen.

    I wish you the best, and please post so we know how you're doing.

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