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Hi! What a wonderful thing you did in adopting your daughter!She really needs you and you are going to fight this battle with all your might and unceasing prayers which will be offered for you. I had a left breast mastectomy in 1999. 17 out of 20 lymphnodes were positive. I took adryamycin and taxol for eight months and then arimedex for 5 years. Right at the 5 year mark a pet scan showed 3 small nodules (5mm) on my lung. Also a spot between my lungs and under my arm and something near my back. My doctor has me on herceptin and xeloda. Something that I did wrong was not to get blood tests during the year when I went back to teaching. I guess I could have found out sooner when it would have been smaller.I didn't get any recurrence in the right breast but I do have lymphedema in the left arm. Try to take good care of your arm (I forgot if you said you had positive lymphnodes) I went to physical therapy and they massaged it and wrapped it but now I'm kind of neglecting it except when my husband reminds me that he's going to massage it. I remember praying and asking God to let me stay here with my children longer and He did. Now, I am asking Him again. He is so good to us. "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened to you." I will remember your intentions in my prayers. Onward and Upward- God Bless You, Cathy
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