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Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 9 5:46pm | Replies (129)

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My story is I just had lumpectomy last week, 3 mm size. Estrogen positive, progesterone negative and HER negative. Tumor was actually removed when I had biopsy but surgeon still removed a golf ball size bit plus lymph tissue. Sentinel node was negative, hallelujah! Because of small size, may not get oncotype test. But will do genetic testing on about 30 genes. If any are bad, will do double mastectomy. Otherwise radiation and estrogen blocker for 5-10 years, the latter more concerning to me regarding bone health. So one day at a time.

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Update on above: 3 months out, lumpectomy has healed well, on Arimidex now for 5-10 years plus Fosamax for 2 to help bones. No chemo needed 😊 and chose not have radiation. As big a problem is my 18 month old total knee replacement Sue which has not gone well. In constant pain and keep trying different therapies but nothing has worked so far. Still have hope