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Prophylactic mastectomy yes or no ...
Hello everybody,
I was diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer last year in July.
Surgery (mastectomy left breast), active treatment (chemo and radiation) is finished - I'm now on Tamoxifen for at...
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It is feeling a bit more flexible now but for months it was stiff and had phantom pains. I massage under the scars every day, particularly where I had all the under arm lymph nodes removed as don't want lymphedema returning. I imagine they will do a bit of an ultra sound there soon and a mammogram on the other breast to make sure its all A OK. I am on Tamoxifen too and I will make sure they check my uterus and stuff and see how its going as I had large fibroids they checked before. Once everything is checked I will breath easier as the nodes under my jaw never really went down after chemo so I am a little suspicious but it could be those nodes have taken over from my arm which has no nodes. Nice part is no more periods yay! Draw back is hot flushes sometimes every 3/4 hour if I am excited.