My story
After having clear scans in Nov 2012 and a clear breast check by a Dr on Gynae ward of local public hospital in Feb, I found a largish lump in my right breast in April.
Was diagnosed with Grade 3 ...
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Radiation is over a 6 week time frame. Each day, at a different time on my schedule, and they sometimes give you a day off due to maintenance on the machine, or a public holiday. I had 2 operations, a lumpectomy, which was a tidy result, and 2 auxillary under same arm to removed nodes. I had cording as a result, and it took months to reduce. I wear a compression bandage, as a preventative to lymphadoema. As a Trip Neg, I can only treat cancer with Chemotherapy or Radiation and this is why they are leaving my Portal in. Since I started asking questions they have said they will take it out the if I really want to, but it is the fastest access and method to attack cancer if it reoccurs. I also want to mention that there was about 6 weeks off between Chemo and Radiation. For me, I found this was necessary as I was surprised at how exhausted I was. I normally bounced back on week 3 each time, so expected to be ok fairly quickly. ....next question.....(smiling)