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I have a friend who is triple negative (not positive on ER, PR or Her2) who had a masectomy scar recurrence. She had never had rads so she had some surgery again and then rads to the chest wall. To make the rads a bit more effective, she took 1000mg of Xeloda per day (she did NOT have a distant recurrence - apparently this can make the rads more effective).
However, remember that scar tissue can continue to form on incision site for up to two years. We do have to be diligent in checking all the time (the scar, breasts and areas where the lymph nodes are once a month) and to get lumps checked out. It very well may be nothing but I know that its hard not to worry. I had a cyst about an inch away from my scar checked out in April. It was a lump but turned out to be nothing. My surgeon drained it with a needle and no cancer cells (none were suspected since it was a fluid filled cyst) but... I know what you are going through and I wish you didn't need to. Try not to worry.
Big hug to you
Becky
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