Laura Nelson's Page

Well it has been some time since I have been on here. I have had my reconstruction surgery The surgery went well but it took longer then they thought. It was a long painful recovery but I am glad I had it done. I had three revisions (my last one on 12/4/12) after my main surgery to remove scar tissue and make it look and feel better. I am on tamoxifen and the hot flashes wer not fun at the start but now they are getting better. I still homeschool my 6 and 8 year olds, so my days are anything…

September 1, 2010, at the age of 35, during a needle biopsy I found out that I had two different kinds of cancer in my left breast both grade 2 and Her2+ invasive ducal carcinoma, I not only had the large lump (ER+, PR+)  that I could feel but two smaller lumps (ER-, PR-) close to the chest wall. After the pathology came back I was told the large one was fast growing and the little ones were and slow growing. They made me an appointment with an oncologist and the mind numbing whirlwind of Dr…