A journey
Invasive lobular cancer represents 5-15 percent of all breast cancers (depending on the study). Although it is distinctly different and responds differently to therapy, it has been treated exactly like ductal cancer for decades.
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Seventeen years ago, I started thinking about riding in a fundraiser for breast cancer called the Pony Express. I had been inspired the summer of 1998 when the PE ride came through Seattle. I don’t think I had yet bought my 1981 R65 BMW.
You’re feeling grubby and have gotten the okay from your care team to take a shower. Here are some suggestions.
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Surgery was Wednesday 30 August; UW discharged me around noon on Thursday, 31 August. Mastectomy (whether or not bilateral) without reconstruction means less time in surgery plus reduced time in the hospital.
If you have a mastectomy (with or without reconstruction), you’ll come home with at least one Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain. If you have axillary lymph node dissection, that will mean an additional drain. I had a bilateral mastectomy as well as the lymph node surgery, so I came home with three drains.