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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Thanks folks. Just finished a phone call with her. She is fairly up-beat and just wants to get the lumpectomy over with and find out for sure what she is facing. The ultrasound seems to show no lymph node involvement, but they will biopsy one or two of those under her arm at the same time as the lumpectomy. That happens next Monday.
Then the fight begins. She liked the surgeon she talked to. We live in an area with good medical care and good hospitals. I’m thankful she paid attention to something looking “not quite right” since at our age, funny looking boobs are normal.
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I had breast cancer 12 years back, lymph nodes negative, done modified radical mastectomy and 6 cycles of chemo. I loved my chemo doctor, was very positive (but mainly because I was in love and had a feeling nothing can hurt me) and I was also rather radical (when I asked for second/third/fourth opinion, each doctor was recommending a bit or quite different procedure, so I went with the most radical one).
Same procedures and same medicine work differently on different people. I have a feeling that positivity does indeed play a role, so if it is there, I think it can only be an advantage.
All the best to your sister and if she feels like it, there are many websites where cancer patients exchange experience, as well as websites where she can get information on what she can expect every step of the way during various procedures. I felt better when I knew a lot.