Amazing Doctor and a True Expert - Westlake, CA

Hello Real Selfers! So I got my results back last night and I am clear. No cancer and I am free of all residual ADH. I know this is a cosmetic/plastic surgery site but I must give a shout out to my lovely oncologist/surgeon Dr. Leslie Memsic. She is sweet, funny, and knows her stuffl! She made me feel more than comfortable. She made the incision around my areola to make sure that she didn't leave any scars on my breast (many surgeons would have made a vertical or horizontal incision on the side of my breast closer to my breast bone). So appreciative that she was conscious of how I would look afterward. She also took the time to put in a call to the fabulous Dr. Micheal Schwartz my plastic surgeon so that they could be on the same page. I wanted him to be in the loop in case any issues with my implants arose. Dr. Schwartz has been along for this whole ride and has been such a steadfast and compassionate pro. He's the best! So now my life goes on, and I can get back to being normal again. Doctors who really care for their patients are a blessing. I'm grateful for both of them. Dr. Memsic did an outstanding job and I think I will heal fine, but if there are any cosmetic issues I will be making an appointment to see Dr. Schwartz again...why would I not go back to the best?

Good luck with your surgeries and happy healing, ladies. :)

So today I had the lumpectomy on my left breast. I checked in at 9:15am and was taken in to have a wire localization done. Since I don't have a lump or anything that can be felt they had to do this procedure. It's a wire that is stuck into your breast to pinpoint the area which was previously biopsied and now has to be removed, it works kind of like an arrow pointing to the area of concern like "I'm right here, doctor" it's actually pointing to a little titanium marker that was left in my breast at biopsy. Anyway, I was home by 4pm. I've been asleep ever since I got home because of the pain meds and being glad it's over, I think I'm making up for all of the previous nights of losing sleep due to worry. Ugh! My surgeon said that she would try to take out about 10cm of tissue. I hope that was the case. The last surgeon that I spoke with (but decided not to go with) told me he would take a golf ball size! Big difference. My surgeon also made my incision around my areola as to not leave much of a scar even though the area of concern is close to my breast bone. Anyway, now the wait begins for my pathology to come back in 2 days. I'm being optimistic that all will be well.

I'm sore at the moment and wrapped up pretty tightly, therefore I can't peek (reminds me of when I got my breast augmentation) but I don't get a bra this time, I get an ACE bandage. I will keep you all posted on my results. In the meantime GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS, LADIES. This is no fun but I'm glad that I got this situation taken care of, and glad that I know what's going on with my body. Many women find out bad news late because they don't want to go. You don't want to be that woman. Good luck!

Ok, what a whirlwind! I just received information from my PS that I have ADH and not DCIS which I was initially told. I am so happy with this news as there is a big difference between having one vs. the other. They have similar but very different treatment options with the DCIS options being pretty serious. I now have to have a lumpectomy but was told by my PS that my implants should not be an issue. Phew! I was worried that my implant may have to be explanted in order for them to do the lumpectomy. Anyway, I should be finding out how to proceed next. I'll keep you posted. :)