@anjalima
Like you, I had a local recurrence 2.5 yrs after IDC and lumpectomy. Note that I did have rad but despite the rad, which my radiologist said was what would be more effective in preventing return compared to AI, which I declined at the time, it returned near same site. So there are no guarantees even with rad. In my case I have to wonder whether the AI would have prevented the recurrence, and my having to undergo mastectomy, but will never know. Now I take the AI. Is interesting to compare our 2 cases, since you opted out of rad, and I out of AI, and we both had recurrence! Best of luck to you!