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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 26, 2023 | Replies (43)

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@cherziggy

I am going to get a second opinion on the sentinal lymph node. I am willing to go back to surgery to get 2-3 more checked. Piece of mind! I read that some people have only 1 sentinel node?? My nuclear tracking didn’t work and that’s why I believe only one node was removed. I’m scheduled for radiation to start tomorrow. I’m really on the fence about it. I’m very healthy otherwise and don’t want to wreck my body with radiation. I’m on hormone inhibitor. I hate that because up until now at 69 I’ve avoided pharmaceutical meds. My radiation oncologist is a breast cancer survivor. Should this make me feel better about the radiation?

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I was healthy as well. I’m 62.
I don’t know if I would feel any different about the radiation if my Dr is a survivor. I think she would have to be exactly like me. Type, size, family history, stage, lymph involvement.
As mentioned my 1 lymph had cancer cells the others 2 did not. I’m still torn.