Dread of Chemo

Onemargie I was so grateful to read your post on your experience.  I too have been diagnosed with triple negative bc having just opted for mastectomy rather than two lumpectomies. I had an immediate reconstruction with an implant and my recovery has been startling (to me) easy. However the pathology result and the awful scenario painted by my surgeon has frightened the living daylights out of me.  He’s talking BRCA testing, axillary lymph clearance, removal of other breast plust the implant just done and redoing with tissue reconstruction, plus chemotherapy and radiotherapy (the radiotherapy would compromise the implant apparently).  It has knocked me sideways and I’m really not sure how over-reacting HE is being and how much I should challenge wha I am prepared to have done.  I had a mother and sister who had bc but my sister had a different type and after lumpectomy and radiotherapy she’s been fine for over 10 years.  It’s a very confusing and stressful time and currently I’m waiting for the Dr to come back to me with his recommendation post multi-disciplinary team discussion.