second lumpectomy
I opted for a second lumpectomy on the advice of my surgeon instead of a mastectomy. Has anyone done the same and did you have a reoccurence of cancer?
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Was it on the same breast? i ask because I had a lumpectomy followed by radiation on my right breast in 2012 and when i had a new breast cancer in my right, I had another lumpectomy followed by radiation. But yes, I wondered too if I should get a mastectomy.
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yes, it was the same breast. Eleven years apart. Doctors implied that it was a new, separate cancer. I am not sure of that and wish I had more confidence that I did the right thing with a second lumpectomy
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They didn't get clear margins when I had a lumpectomy (16 years ago). They went back in and took more tissue in what they called a second lumpectomy; must have done the trick because I'm still here! 😃
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Ruth did you have treatment beside lumpectomy? I noticed you are PR- . I am too and wondering what that means for treatment.
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Along with radiation, I had 4 rounds of chemo and 5 years of Arimdex
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