Thank you all for your kind words

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3. I had a lumpectomy on my left breast

four years ago but had to have a mastectomy a few months later. It was not easy and I had some problems afterward like lymphedema in my hand and arm from the radiation where nodes had been taken out but healed well and have been in total remission since. I feel breast cancer is one of the few cancers where progress has been made and the survivor percentage is very high unlike some like lung and pancreatic. They do not use much radiation now. I chose to not have reconstruction and wear a bra with a prosthesis. I hope and pray your surgery will go well and that you will heal and recover quickly.