@sagey, sounds like your cancer responds well to Letrozole and that it helped the surgery be successful. How long will you be on Letrozole after surgery?
I'm curious how you are doing now. I'm in a nearly identical situation. I finished chemo in early January and was getting ready to start radiation when we found a recurrence in the chest wall that may be in the intercostal area of my ribs. I've been referred to a surgeon who specializes in breast surgery, just yesterday, so I haven't seen her yet. I'm freaking out!
@debcor Hi again, I'm wondering what you and your surgeon decided to do about the recurrence in your rib area? I have an appointment soon with the Proton Radiologist to see if I'm a candidate for that. Hope things have turned out well for you.
I'm curious how you are doing now. I'm in a nearly identical situation. I finished chemo in early January and was getting ready to start radiation when we found a recurrence in the chest wall that may be in the intercostal area of my ribs. I've been referred to a surgeon who specializes in breast surgery, just yesterday, so I haven't seen her yet. I'm freaking out!
@debcor Can you give any updates on whether you had surgery for your chest wall BC? My understanding is the only kind of surgery I could get would involve removing a rib(s?) to get at the tumor, and replacing with titanium...really invasive. My Doc says they don't do that at my Seattle Hospital. The weird thing is that this tumor "recurred" & grew to about 9mm (longish & skinny) under the ribs over a period of 30 years, without metastasizing. Amazing. It's now down to 7mm, but still there. The usual drugs are giving me lots of debilitating side effects. I'm 76 & feel like I've aged a lot in the last 3 years of treatment; not sure what to do. Might try verzenio, but no more AI's, SERD, or Tamoxifen. How are you doing?
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@debcor Can you give any updates on whether you had surgery for your chest wall BC? My understanding is the only kind of surgery I could get would involve removing a rib(s?) to get at the tumor, and replacing with titanium...really invasive. My Doc says they don't do that at my Seattle Hospital. The weird thing is that this tumor "recurred" & grew to about 9mm (longish & skinny) under the ribs over a period of 30 years, without metastasizing. Amazing. It's now down to 7mm, but still there. The usual drugs are giving me lots of debilitating side effects. I'm 76 & feel like I've aged a lot in the last 3 years of treatment; not sure what to do. Might try verzenio, but no more AI's, SERD, or Tamoxifen. How are you doing?