Re: 2006 in Review (triple negative?)

[Guest guest]

Carol,

What is your er, pr and her 2 neu status? I am a triple negative, and all of

the research my family has done (and my brother is a cancer researcher)

indicates that if one is triple negative, a mastectomy is not just an option to

consider, it is the only one to choose. I answered because you asked - as I

hesitate to give other people advice on something so devestating - but that's

what I picked, and I did a double just to be sure. My mother also died at age

33, and two of my maternal cousins. One maternal aunt is living today who did

have a mastectomy. Wish my mom had done the same. Both mom and aunt had

recurrences in the opposite breast.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for responding! Yes I am a triple negative. My rad oncologist

said at one of my appointments " We don't know much about you triple

negatives. " How's that for giving one hope? I wish I had read your

post last night, because I just went to see him today for my follow

up appointment, now I don't see him for a year. I have come to the

conclusion that a mastectomy is what I should have done too. Seems

odd that none of my doctors mentioned it even in passing. Guess they

make more money on me if I go the chemo/rad route, eh? As I said in

my post, I go Jan 22 to another city (Pittsburgh) and hospital

(Magee's Women's) to have a hysterectomy. I am going to ask the

doctor who is doing the surgery (she is a gyncological oncologist)

about her thoughts on me being triple negative and mastectomy. Thanks

again and I'll post when I have more news.

Carol

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> What is your er, pr and her 2 neu status? I am a triple negative,

and all of the research my family has done (and my brother is a

cancer researcher) indicates that if one is triple negative, a

mastectomy is not just an option to consider, it is the only one to

choose. I answered because you asked - as I hesitate to give other

people advice on something so devestating - but that's what I picked,

and I did a double just to be sure. My mother also died at age 33,

and two of my maternal cousins. One maternal aunt is living today

who did have a mastectomy. Wish my mom had done the same. Both

mom and aunt had recurrences in the opposite breast.

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