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I had 2 pos lymph nodes and I did not get radiation in my underarm. My rads onc said that they will radiate if you have 3 or more positive nodes. I had had lymphadema already by the time I started rads and I was concerned the rads would make it worse. If I didn't have lymphadema I would have probably insisted that she radiate that area. what I realized was that a good part of my underarm was radiated just because they radiated along the whole mast incision and that went well into my underarm.
I will be a 2 year survivor next month and hopefully still doing well. (I had a pet scan yesterday, so hoping for good results!)
Laurie
diag 3/24/05 at age 37
4.5 cm, 2+ nodes
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