Dear breastcancer.org Community Member:

For some women, there's no question: If they have to lose a breast, they want surgical breast reconstruction. Other women choose not to have surgical reconstruction; they may opt for breast prostheses or nothing at all. Still others are comfortable waiting months or years after initial cancer surgery to make a decision.

If you decide that you want breast reconstruction, there are so many questions. Is it better for you to undergo reconstruction at the time of initial surgery, or later? Should you opt for an implant or use your own tissue -- or both? What if you need radiation therapy?

Join us tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 16th, between 9:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)* (2:30 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. GMT May 17th) for this month's Ask-the-Expert Online Conference: Reconstruction Updates.

If you'd like to ask a question for our RECONSTRUCTION UPDATES conference but will not be able to join the conference tomorrow, you can submit your question now at:

http://chat.liveworld.com/events/chat/ibreast/

We'll answer as many questions as we can during the conference. A conference transcript will be posted at breastcancer.org by May 25th, 2007.

To join the conference, go to www.breastcancer.org any time between 9:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. EDT* tomorrow and click on the "Join Conference" button. No special software is required.

For more details about the conference, go to

http://www.breastcancer.org/conf.html

I look forward to having you join our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference tomorrow!

Take care,

Marisa

Marisa Weiss, M.D.

President and Founder

www.breastcancer.org

*breastcancer.org welcomes conference participants from all over the world. To help you figure out when the conference will take place in your time zone, you can compare your local time to the current time on the East Coast of the United States. See:

http://www.breastcancer.org/time.php

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6/9/06 - biopsy positive for cancer
6/23/06 - DIAGNOSIS: stage IV (T4d N2 M1) invasive ductile carcinoma NOS with bone and liver mets; 17 cm mass (primary tumors), inflammatory breast cancer(IBC); HER2/neu+, HR-
6/26/06-12/11/06 - Chemo FEC/Taxol w/Herceptin & Aredia
12/?/06 - pre-op x-ray show two tumors in the upper right lungs 1.2 and 1.8 cm in diameter.
12/20/06 - right modified radical mastectomy, 7 of 13 removed nodes showed evidence of prior disease
12/21/06 - No Evidence of Disease (stage IV/NED); complete remission
2/6/07-3/22/07-Radiation 28+5 boost, 6040cGy.
CURRENT: Still NED, taking Herceptin and Zometa without end. Heart and kidney function remains normal.