how many have had

disneyfan2008
disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
Surgery and got path. reports back -missed some cancer and had to go back within week or two for more surgery?

Denise

Happened to 2 friends of mine (one few years back and one last week)

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  • Texasgirl10
    Texasgirl10 Member Posts: 668
    #2
    Bad path report
    After my surgery in April, I went back a week later for the path report & found out that the chemo had not killed the cancer & had possibly spread to my liver. I freaked out. However, after 33 rounds of rads the spot in my liver was gone. I go back next month on the 23rd & I'm hoping for good results. I'm sorry that your friends have had to suffer through more surgeries. Are they doing ok now?

    Hugs,

    Dawne
  • joannstar
    joannstar Member Posts: 403 Member
    #3
    had a 2nd surgery to get
    clean margins last year after my "lumpectomy" (the bill said partial mastectomy...I think that they can charge more for that). My 2nd "lumpectomy" was 2 weeks after the first. I have found several people on this board who had the same experience.
    JoAnn
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #4
    joannstar said:

    had a 2nd surgery to get
    clean margins last year after my "lumpectomy" (the bill said partial mastectomy...I think that they can charge more for that). My 2nd "lumpectomy" was 2 weeks after the first. I have found several people on this board who had the same experience.
    JoAnn

    me too
    they called mine re-excision to get clearer margins after the path report.
  • mckevnic
    mckevnic Member Posts: 71
    #5
    Lighthouse_7 said:

    me too
    they called mine re-excision to get clearer margins after the path report.

    same here
    had lumpectomy and re-excision 2 weeks later to get clear margins. So stressful.
  • LoveBabyJesus
    LoveBabyJesus Member Posts: 1,679 Member
    #6
    Same here!
    Hi Denise -- I had a lumpectomy and re-excision 2 weeks later to get clear margins. The cells left were in-situ cells, but it still worried me. I was hoping he got it all the first round.
  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith Member Posts: 1,264 Member
    #7
    LoveBabyJesus said:

    Same here!
    Hi Denise -- I had a lumpectomy and re-excision 2 weeks later to get clear margins. The cells left were in-situ cells, but it still worried me. I was hoping he got it all the first round.

    Same here
    Same here.I had a second surgery within 3 weeks after my lumpectomy to make sure margins were clear and check if any cancer may still be present. I had DCIS. It was contained in the milk duct/nipple area. I heard this is a precaution.

    I know my friends said "Why didn't the doctor get it all the first time"????.He did but wanted to check margins. Can't turn that down.

    Lynn Smith
  • JoAnn4818
    JoAnn4818 Member Posts: 83
    #8
    Three was the charm for me
    I had a mammogram and ultrasound on a lump that had been biopsied two years previously. The surgeon didn't think it was cancer but decided to take it out anyway because it was "bothering" me. That was surgery 1. It turned out to be a 3.5 cm invasive ductal carcinoma tumor. She did a lumpectomy for surgery 2 - did not get clean margins. I switched to a major hospital's cancer center, got a mastectomy with clean margins finally!

    I'm sorry your friends had to go through more than one also!

    JoAnn
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #9
    JoAnn4818 said:

    Three was the charm for me
    I had a mammogram and ultrasound on a lump that had been biopsied two years previously. The surgeon didn't think it was cancer but decided to take it out anyway because it was "bothering" me. That was surgery 1. It turned out to be a 3.5 cm invasive ductal carcinoma tumor. She did a lumpectomy for surgery 2 - did not get clean margins. I switched to a major hospital's cancer center, got a mastectomy with clean margins finally!

    I'm sorry your friends had to go through more than one also!

    JoAnn

    wow happens more often then
    wow happens more often then I thought...

    thanks for replies
  • MNGirlyGirl
    MNGirlyGirl Member Posts: 14
    #10
    I was initally diagnosed
    I was initally diagnosed with DCIS (non-invasive), but when they did the lumpectomy they found some invasive cancer so they had to go back in a week later to get the rest and get clean margins.
  • linny b
    linny b Member Posts: 25
    #11
    second surgery
    I had a lumpectomy in 2008, and two weeks later another surgery to get clean margins, another lumpectomy, then a mastectomy in 2011. Linny
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #12
    linny b said:

    second surgery
    I had a lumpectomy in 2008, and two weeks later another surgery to get clean margins, another lumpectomy, then a mastectomy in 2011. Linny

    wow

    wow
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #13
    MNGirlyGirl said:

    I was initally diagnosed
    I was initally diagnosed with DCIS (non-invasive), but when they did the lumpectomy they found some invasive cancer so they had to go back in a week later to get the rest and get clean margins.

    sorry this has happened to
    sorry this has happened to so many....

    Denise
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #14
    disneyfan2008 said:

    wow

    wow

    JUST got email from my
    JUST got email from my friend-she must go back for 3rd time...(surgery) in past 5-6wks..reports show they still didnt' get it all....


    MY heart is breaking for her..

    Denise

    one time bad eough..but 3 and so close...
  • pginsburg
    pginsburg Member Posts: 8
    #15
    disneyfan2008 said:

    JUST got email from my
    JUST got email from my friend-she must go back for 3rd time...(surgery) in past 5-6wks..reports show they still didnt' get it all....


    MY heart is breaking for her..

    Denise

    one time bad eough..but 3 and so close...

    3 surgeries
    First lumpectomy was done 9/28/2010, because margins were not clear, re-excision was done 10/29/2010. Still unclear margins, therefore I had a mastectomy 12/16/2010. Fortunately it came to that, because the pathology report from the tissue of the mastectomy found more cancer in another quadrant that did not show up on any of the tests...mammo, sono and MRI.

    Will your friend now have a mastectomy?
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #16
    disneyfan2008 said:

    JUST got email from my
    JUST got email from my friend-she must go back for 3rd time...(surgery) in past 5-6wks..reports show they still didnt' get it all....


    MY heart is breaking for her..

    Denise

    one time bad eough..but 3 and so close...

    What has happened to your
    What has happened to your friend Denise sounds unbelievable. I am so sorry that she has to go thru this or that any pink sister has to go thru surgery again to get clear margins.


    I hope this is the last time she has to go thru this.


    Hugs, Megan
  • Tkitty
    Tkitty Member Posts: 56
    #17
    pginsburg said:

    3 surgeries
    First lumpectomy was done 9/28/2010, because margins were not clear, re-excision was done 10/29/2010. Still unclear margins, therefore I had a mastectomy 12/16/2010. Fortunately it came to that, because the pathology report from the tissue of the mastectomy found more cancer in another quadrant that did not show up on any of the tests...mammo, sono and MRI.

    Will your friend now have a mastectomy?

    I am sorry your friend is
    I am sorry your friend is going thru this. I will say a prayer that everything turns out well.
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #18
    JoAnn4818 said:

    Three was the charm for me
    I had a mammogram and ultrasound on a lump that had been biopsied two years previously. The surgeon didn't think it was cancer but decided to take it out anyway because it was "bothering" me. That was surgery 1. It turned out to be a 3.5 cm invasive ductal carcinoma tumor. She did a lumpectomy for surgery 2 - did not get clean margins. I switched to a major hospital's cancer center, got a mastectomy with clean margins finally!

    I'm sorry your friends had to go through more than one also!

    JoAnn

    I guess I was lucky that my
    I guess I was lucky that my surgeon got clean margins with my lumpectomy and never had to go back. Very sorry about your friend Denise..


    Hugs, Noel
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #19
    JoAnn4818 said:

    Three was the charm for me
    I had a mammogram and ultrasound on a lump that had been biopsied two years previously. The surgeon didn't think it was cancer but decided to take it out anyway because it was "bothering" me. That was surgery 1. It turned out to be a 3.5 cm invasive ductal carcinoma tumor. She did a lumpectomy for surgery 2 - did not get clean margins. I switched to a major hospital's cancer center, got a mastectomy with clean margins finally!

    I'm sorry your friends had to go through more than one also!

    JoAnn

    Joann: I hope 3 is the
    Joann: I hope 3 is the charm...My friend is going back for the 3rd time tomorrow...my heart breaks for her...

    Denise
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #20
    Megan M said:

    What has happened to your
    What has happened to your friend Denise sounds unbelievable. I am so sorry that she has to go thru this or that any pink sister has to go thru surgery again to get clear margins.


    I hope this is the last time she has to go thru this.


    Hugs, Megan

    Megan:
    MY friend has to go
    Megan:

    MY friend has to go back for the 3rd time tomorrow..my heart hurts for her...just emotionally..not counting the surgery

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