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How to monitor for reoccurring BC after double mastectomy?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 5, 2023 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
I think that’s the way they usually find something, when they are looking for something else…it’s a rather frightening thought because most diseases don’t let you know they’re in your body until you get symptoms and then it’s sometimes not soon enough.
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It's funny you talk about looking for one problem and finding another. I always felt like my brothers died young (48, 59) because they were too healthy, slender and fit. People can't understand why I say that. They never went to the doctor so no xrays for pre-op or bronchitis, no scans, etc. that may have caught their cancer earlier. Instead they were both caught late stage when severe symptoms popped up.
I on the other hand was always the one with a collection of medical issues since I was a child so I was always being scanned or tested for one thing or another and then there are always incidental findings. At one point, my oldest brother jokingly suggested I should look into a body transplant (I wish). My familiarity with medical offices also kept me doing routine screenings and caught things early. So ultimately, at 64, I have outlived both of my older brothers by far even though I was sure I'd be the first to go. Ironic.