justegan's Journey:
Patient: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Currently in active treatment (initial surgery, receiving chemo rounds/radiation), Diagnosed: almost 10 years ago, Female, Age: 33, Stage 0, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: Yes
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justegan
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoDiagnosed
Oh No
Diagnosed on 7/30 with DCIS, Stage 0, Grade 3, comedo-type breast cancer, IDC could not be ruled out at that time.
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justegan
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoDouble Mastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
Had a bilateral mastectomy on 8/8.
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justegan
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoBreast Reconstruction (Implant)
Procedure or Surgery
Had BMX with immediate reconstruction on 8/8 with tissue expanders.
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justegan
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 9 years agoSentinel lymph node biopsy
Procedure or Surgery
Had a sentinel lymph node biopsy on 8/8 during BMX to determine if cancer had spread to lymphnodes (2 sentinel nodes and 1 non-sentinel node were taken for testing). Upon initial testing, lymphnodes came back negative for cancer cells therefore none were removed during surgery.