Treatment options for recurrence

Hi Pauline, 

You sound like me. Breast cancer 2004 - lumpectomy ( lobular) and radiation and 5 years of Tamoxafin . Margins not clear enough so a further 2 surgeries a week and a month later, but axillary clear. One more operation for a large seroma to be removed a year later. It was like a hump on my chest and wouldn't resolve itself so my bs decided to remove it to be sure! 2013 the cancer returned in the same breast DCIS  ( milk ducts) and I had a mastectomy, chemotherapy  and I'm now on femara - side effects for both the same , hot flushes. Both cancers oestrogen positive. Due to the radiation in 2004 I as limited to what reconstruction I could have. In 2004 I couldn't put anything on my breast until the radiation was completed and there was no heart protection either . I cried with the pain and bleeding . Scars are still there now. I ended up with atrial fibrillation as a result. I had a TRAM flap ( stomach) reconstruction was didn't turn out very well . I had 2 choices - that or lat Dorsey flap ( my back muscle ) my skin was so tight from the radiation and the muscle removed during mastectomy so implants weren't an option. I've also had a Caesarian and numerous operations using my tummy but the tram flap was still a  viable site.  The best advice I can give you is to choose the best plastic surgeon you can find , do lots of research . Wishing you the very best of luck with your choice. Good hunting xxx