jvbaseballmom2's Journey:
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- 2 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 3 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 4 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 5 Side Effects Icon Side Effects
- 6 Celebration Icon Celebration
- 7 Loss Icon Loss
- 8 Decision Point Icon Decision Point
Survivor: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment more than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: almost 16 years ago, Female, Age: 62, Stage IIA, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: Don't Know
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Chemotherapy
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Double Mastectomy
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Implant chemotherapy port
Procedure or Surgery
The best decision I made was to have a port. It saved my veins, and made it so easy to have the chemo, blood tests, etc. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has to have chemo.
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
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Loss
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I had to have one breast removed, and had to decide whether or not to have a bilateral mastectomy (cancer was not in other breast). I decided to have a bilateral mastectomy to lessen my chances of reoccurrence, and not to have to worry every day about w
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