3rd time cancer
I will be turning 60 next month in 199I at the age of 37 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After having a lumpectomomy & 6 months chemo & 7 years on Tamoxafen. I was all clear for 20years then in 2011 I was diagnosed again with another cancer (in the same breast) which once again I had a lumpectomy & 6 weeks radi as the doctors said that chemo wasn't necessary for this cancer. 12 months later in 2012 I went for my annual mamma & ultra sound where they picked up another cell in my opposite breast (this one being HER2+), again I had a lumpectomy & this time Radi & Chemo I'm still having a course of Herceptin via a porta cath every 3 weeks I finish this course in March this year. I was tested for the BRCA1 & BRCA2 gene but even though I don't appear to have this gene the test are saying "inconclusive" because not enough known of family history. My surgeon is now advising me to have a bilateral mastectomy & after speaking to a cosmetic surgeon a DIEP flap reconstruction. I'm wondering has anyone had a cancer re-occur after actually having had a masectomy as any feed back on this may help me make my decision as to whether I opt to have the bilateral mastecomy a lot easier.