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HelenD
Member
12 years ago

Hi

Hi everyone! Thanks to Daina for facilitating. I was diagnosed late June last year at age 44, had a mastectomy and removal of 12 lymph nodes. Finished chemo Christmas Eve and radiation in February. Ha...
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Raelyn
Member
11 years ago

Hi everybody

I've only been diagnosed this week and my lumpectomy is scheduled for next week.  My question is, how long a period is it usually between surgery and the start of radiation as I won't need chemo unless the pathology comes back to show cancer in the lymph nodes?  I am hoping there will be at least four weeks between my surgery and the start of radiation.