hello this question is for anji

Sure thing, I don't mind helping at all - that's what I'm here for!

Back in 05, I had just turned 31 when I found the lump after my 4th miscarriage.  First I had a lumpectomy and the path came back as:  Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma; Stage 2; T2 N0 M0; Tumor Grade 3; Tumor Size 2 x 2x 1.5 cm; Estrogen Receptor Positive (90%); Progesterone Receptor Positive (5-10%); Her-2/Neu Negative (score of 1+); DNA Ploidy = Diploid; S Phase 2.2%

a few days later I went back in and had a modified radical mastectomy - I was told due to the grade and my age I had to have one (little did I know I had choices, I was so naive back then!)

Since then I have kept a log of my journey on my own blog - you can find it at http://scrapaddictnv2.blogspot.com/  beware that IT DOES contain strong language!

In Feb. 08 my plastic surgeon found an area that looked like scar tissue within my chest wall - he removed it and it came back positive for Recurrent Breast Cancer - based on the pathology from the 2nd tumor found:
25x15x12mm; biopsy revealed Infiltrating (moderately well differentiated) Duct Carcinoma; so far there has been no staging yet; Estrogen Receptor Positive 90% ; Progesterone Receptor Negative 0; DNA Ploidy = Tetraploid; S Phase = 9.6%;  HER2 & CEP17 FISH = 1.1 Negative.  Also it listed that the tumor is seen to invade skeletal muscle.  However my bone scan, chest ct scan, and PET ct scan did not show anything additinal - thank goodness!

Let me know if you are looking got further info.

Thanks!

Angi

oops, I left out that following my mast. I had 4 sessions of chemo with a mix of Adriamycin and Cytoxan, followed by Neulasta injections and then Femara pills (which I just recently quit taking cause the drs beleive they failed me).  No radioation the first time but I expect some now.