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Question: After a bilateral mastectomy
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I just answered someone's question regarding revisions to reconstruction and I don't see it posted. I don't understand how this website works. Guess I'm just technology challenged.
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Loss (Lost loved one): I have lost my sister (breast cancer), my nephew (melanoma) and my brother (pancreatic cancer).
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Radiation (External radiation ): Underwent radiation in 1992 and 1993 when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Radiation didn't have that much effect on me, at least not anything I really noticed (except for fatigue). My breast cancer returned in 2003 and I had to have the double mastectomy and went on hormone therapy for 5 years (Arimidex). I opted for implants in 2005. May 2012, another lobular carcinoma was discovered and was removed surgically in June, which clear margins, and I am now taking Femara.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy (Chemotherapy): I had a severe allergic reaction to the chemo after 12 weeks and had to stop entirely. Actually the chemo was for colon cancer which was diagnosed in 2003.
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Procedure or Surgery (Double Mastectomy)