Lumpectomy without clear margins

Hi, I can't really comment much on your experience because I don't why you had chemo first or whether you had scans along the way to check the chemo's effectiveness.But I feel for you and I'd be disappointed and scared too.However, maybe my story will help eleviate the scary?I had a lumpectomy for 2cm invasive cancer and full node clearance, then radiation in 2003- no chemo. 7 yrs later bc came back in the same spot. It grew to 3cms in a year- pesky little buggers to survive all that.So I had a mastectomy then chemo,then Tamoxifen. That was 5 yrs ago and I'm fine now.My nodes had been clear and so were my margins.I like to think that my poor old boob did a good job of containing the cancer twice.You've gone through a lot and now the goal post have been moved on you- not fair but it happens a lot with this crap journey.Clear nodes are a good sign that the bc stayed put in your boob so hang on to that positive. Blog back for support or info on mastectomies.big hug,Tonya xx