hello
this is regarding the answer received by cindylou on 7-3-08 my dr. wants to give me a skin sparing modified mastecomy i was scheculed for 6-24-08 but because of a cold and cough it was cancelled so i go 7-11 every day i am learning new things about cancer and i wonder if the mas is really right for me. unfortunately my dr at ucsf and my second opinion from stanford both say that because i have at least two posiitive masses neither is more thana cm and several others that are smaller then a cm a mas is my only sure option for removing the cancer from my body and they will not do any kind of treatment until after the surgery and until they get a final path report and check the lymphs. is it most likely that they will get clean margains with a mas.
also i am taking wheatgrass and various other herbs to try and help my body.
my mri report shows up to 11 suspious spots my dr will not say much about them just that they are coming out with the mas only the 2 largest masses were biopsied and both were positive any input, advice, encouragment is greatly appreiciated.
Hi again Laura - Welcome back. In my opinion, given your diagnosis, a skin-sparing mastectomy sounds like the ideal treatment. Has a surgeon talked to you about reconstruction options? Now's the timeyou shoould discuss that, too.
With two masses, and an MRI showing the potential of more, I'm sure your oncoloogist is playing it safe and saying there's little chance of getting clean margins, and you should go the masstectomy route. While this sounds devastating, it's actually as "awful" as you make it. You can believe it's the worst thing that ever happened to you. Or you can accept it, realize it's part of a life-saving treatment, and move on. As I said, cosmetically, you can actually have a really good outcome.
As for alternative treatment (wheat grass and herbs), be sure to tell your doctor what you're doing, just so he doesn't prescribe anything that may cause a reaction. And (my opinion) alternative treatments shouldn't ever substitute for what the doc recommends. Complement... but not substitute.
Laura, you're going along a path very similar to my own. All I can say is, I did fine. I'm healthy. Millions of women can make the same claim. I hope you'll be part of that group a year or so from now, when you've finished treatment. Good luck - PJH
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