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It took months to finally be diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancerening
Although this happened nearly two years ago I wish to share my distressing experience so others will be more aware if in the same situation. It was late 2014 when I felt a hardening behind my left ni...
Ah what if. It can bedevil us all. I had one node biopsy, it was positive, 17 went, 16 were negative and I did get lymphoedema. But....I saw the ultrascan, at least 7 or 8 nodes looked as enlarged and suspicious as the one tested, I would have taken them out too. The "what if" that might have eventuated if they had left them in, even for a short time and the cancer spread isn't a good one. It is what it is. Surgeons aren't perfect, we all do the best we can at the time with what we know. We can all be really wise with hindsight.