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[quote=Anonymous]My mom has had breast cancer twice, once in 2002 and once in 2013. The first time, she did two surgeries (one lumpectomy and one follow-up to remove lymph nodes), a round of chemo and a round of radiation. She was cancer-free until 2013 when a mammogram turned up cancerous again. She decided, rather than have another lumpectomy, to have a full mastectomy (with reconstruction but no implants) and they had to remove more lymph nodes than before. This more recent surgery was scarier, in that she was bleeding too much afterwards and had to go in for a second surgery literally in the middle of the night to re-close incisions and such. After the surgery, she did another round of chemo this past summer and her doctors recommended radiation but with no evidence of more cancer she doesn't want to and the doctors say she doesn't [b]have[/b] to. Her most recent scan is cancer-free, but she now has to wear a compression sleeve to avoid lymphoma because they took so many lymph nodes.

My best advice is to stay strong and fall back on your family and friends. It's hard on them, too, especially your kids, though I hope they are still too young to fully understand. I was in 6th grade when my mom was first diagnosed and in my senior year of college last year when she was diagnosed again. Good luck. Thoughts and prayers to you.[/quote]

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