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Mastectomy Surgical Dehiscence

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 1, 2022 | Replies (12)
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@ladytnac

Its been 3.5 weeks since my surgery ..simple mastectomy left breast only. Some swelling under arm pit. Doc says could take a few months now to completely go away. Sentinel lymph nodes clean. Tumor approx. 1 .7 cm. Triple negative aprocrine breast cancer. First of 4 cycles of Taxotere Cytoxan (TC) to begin beginning October. No onc score cause triple negative. Chose not to do 16 cycle AC Taxol because my nodes are clean and I'm stage 1. I hope I don't regret decision.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 1, 2022

Thanks for sharing your treatment plan. It sounds like you got good guidance to make the decisions with your team. It's hard not to worry about and to anticipate regrets. But you made the best decision for you given the medical advice available and according to your personal life preferences.

Be sure to know what the followup plan will be after treatment. Your team will monitor you closely.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 1, 2022

And I forgot to add. You may wish to connect with other members diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in this discussion:
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/triple-negative-breast-cancer/

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