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Third time lucky?
Hi everyone, I have just had my breast cancer come back in the same breast for the third time. I discovered the lump myself, after trying to decide if it was actually there or not, but eventually dec...
@luckyme
Commiserations! Three times is three too many. But no-one can say that you haven’t given your right breast every chance! I had my left one removed after the first (and I hope only) incursion - I didn’t have much choice, the tumour was too big for a lumpectomy. But if your experience is anything like mine, the surgery was remarkably pain free. I had an axillary clearance to remove a lot of lymph nodes, but my arm mobility was back to normal rapidly and I went back to work after a week. Surgery sounds awful, but I found it relatively easy. If you are having immediate reconstruction, things are a bit more complicated and take longer for you to recover from, but the mastectomy itself is not to be feared. Best wishes for your speedy recovery and no fourth time!
Commiserations! Three times is three too many. But no-one can say that you haven’t given your right breast every chance! I had my left one removed after the first (and I hope only) incursion - I didn’t have much choice, the tumour was too big for a lumpectomy. But if your experience is anything like mine, the surgery was remarkably pain free. I had an axillary clearance to remove a lot of lymph nodes, but my arm mobility was back to normal rapidly and I went back to work after a week. Surgery sounds awful, but I found it relatively easy. If you are having immediate reconstruction, things are a bit more complicated and take longer for you to recover from, but the mastectomy itself is not to be feared. Best wishes for your speedy recovery and no fourth time!