Treatment options for recurrence

Hi Melinda,

Thanks for your post.  It seems we are both in the decision making process at present.  Your circumstances seem to be that you may have had a more aggressive cancer that what mine has been.  I also have been lucky that I have not had chemo and think that if I did it may have affected my choices as it appears to be doing to you - understandably.  We are similar in that we are both monitoring at present but your doctors seem to be a bit more definite about the treatment recommendations than mine.

My doctors seem to be on the fence and say it's my choice. As I have already said - they say the "recommended procedure is mastectomy" but follow it with the statement that I can also choose to monitor.  Which also comes with risks of course.  That does not make it any easier to decide.  I am going to talk to my oncologist more this week to check a lot of the figures I have been told so far.  Also I will discuss the seroma that was found on the ultrasound last week as the breast surgeon said that it will probably get absorbed by my body but I have read a bit about them and it seems that they are often drained because of the increased risk of infections they can cause.

So, hopefully I may get a bit more info from the oncologist.

I wish you well with your treatments and hope that your treatment direction becomes clearer for you.  I hope you are feeling well soon.  Thanks again for your input.

Cheers, Pauline xx