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New diagnosis and Mastectomy
Hi 3 weeks ago I went for a mammogram and bingo I have now had a mastectomy to my left breast. Stage 2 N1 locally advanced invasive lobular breast cancer. Recommendation is chemo and radiotherapy. Jus...
Ask away... I did consider the pros and cons at the beginning but I ended up with the thought that I don't want to find out in 2 years or 20 years that I should have had the chemo. I lost my older sister to this in 1999 so thoughts of her are constantly with me. I don't know about immunotherapy for early stage - definitely ask your oncologist - you don't know if you don't ask. I used to go to each appointment (and still do for the reviews) armed with a list of side effects and a list of questions.