tinkerbell's Journey with Breast Cancer
- 1 Oh No Icon Oh No
- 2 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
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- 6 Radiation Icon Radiation
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- 9 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
Patient: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment less than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: over 9 years ago, Female, Age: 54, Stage I, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: Yes
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first step was a need for a second mammogram
Oh No
last oct. I when for my routine mammogram, 2 weeks later they call to second up another one.that let to a boisiopy, and a second boiposy, and a first diagnoses of stage 0 LCIS, and plan surgery the beginning of jan.
Lumpectomy
Procedure or Surgery
found out I am allergy to the anasie, and had severe asthma problems.
they did not get clear margins
Oh No
at the discussion of the first surgery results, I was told they found DCIS stage 0 and did not get clear margins , i would need more surgery
Diagnosed
Oh No
on the follow up for my second surgery, I was told I have yet another form of cancer and this one was stage 1, so they needed to remove my lymp nodes.
Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
removing the lymph nodes was very painful and recovery time was longer than the other surgeryies
External radiation
Radiation
I recieved 7 weeks of radiotion, by the 5th week, I could no longer tolerate the pain, need serious pain meds and felt like doing nothing but sleeping
Hormone therapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
2 weeks after radation, I started tamonfen, which my body did not like at all, it caused me to have mine strokes, and I was taken off of it, after only 4 day.
too many doctors
Other Care
no I am at the point where I have several different doctors looking at me to see what damage the tamonfen has caused
Mastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
everything when much better this time around