Recurrence of breast cancer
I've just been diagnosed with a recurrence in the same breast exactly two years after my lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation treatment in 2009. Absolutely devastated as this is a different cancer,...
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PET, CT/CAT scans of all lymph nodes, brain, bones and organs were clear so no further surgery is needed thank God, although I do worry about the minute cancer cells that may be lurking in the lymph nodes. I am assured that the Chemo will kill them and they can be monitored with ultra sound in future anyway.
Decided against the DIEP flap as Oncologists said the 15hour procedure is too long and too much for the Immune system with a triple negative cancer. He thinks my skin and chest wall muscle can cope with implants fine. So now I just have to think about the timing of that.
I'm 3 weeks post op now and recovered very well. Rubbing the Bio Oil in faithfully 2x day and its working ! But I hate the scars and the 'pulling' in of skin along the scar line. Start Chemo on Wednesday at the new Norwest Private Hospital which is a bonus as I went Public for Chemo last time. (Glad I bumped up the Health Insurance!) It s Taxol based one with maybe Carbo something? Dreading the impending hair loss again........
Hope everyone is going well!