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I read your post about having mastectomy and then a year later you had another one. That's exactly what happened to me but my doctor refused to take both of mine at the same time. I was so furious with him a year later when I was diagnosed with a different type of BC. I am so sorry that you had to go thru it twice, I know how you feel about that. It is 2 times the recovery and all the pain and it makes your emotions just that much more on edge. I pray that all is going good for you now. In 15 days it will be a year since the last surgery. I feel good most of the time but there are still times my left arm will hurt really bad. They had to take out 15 nodes and 13 was cancerous. I was stage IIIB the first time and stage 1B the second time. Thank God I didn't have to have any treatments the last time. All the treatments from the 1st time was bad enough.

I am going to have my port removed this Friday so please pray that all goes good. God bless.

I am so sorry you have been through so much, but I know from where you are coming. I started with the doctor telling me I could have a lumpectomy until he read the mammogram and found a spot the radiologist missed. Sent me for and MRI and two clusters were found in the left breast. I chose a BL mastectomy after hearing that news because I didn't want to go through it again. The left breast was negative and the sentinel node was clean. I chose DIEP flap reconstruction which didn't take to well so I had implants put in. Four surgeries later I was finally done. I am glad that you got a second opinion, but sorry you had to go through all those surgeries. It's no fun that's for sure, but I am glad you are done now. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

hello im Cheryl im 54 been going thru testing since dec 20 2012 took breast biopsy found cancer it was stage 1 then but seen lesions on bones did bone biopsy it was cancer mets so im a 4 never had a chance taking hormone therapy side effects are livable better than dying as I see it god bless I haven't met any one on here who got breast at early stage and it mets already I wish I had a chance to fight gave me 5 yrs im fighting anyway talk to me when you get a chance god bless

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