so 4 years ago I went through chemo and radiation following a lumectomy.  it sucked!  all's been well until this past October.  I had been shopping around different plastic surgeons to have my 17 year old implants replaced, because the radiation left the right breast, the one w/ the lump, kinda hard.  found a great doc but he wanted me to see his colleague, an oncology surgeon, before we proceeded.  I was experiencing some oozing and crustness on the aereola of "bad" breast.  so, made the appt, and wouldnt ya know it...the cancer's back!  but not a lump this time.  just some weird dispersed traces behind the aereola.  alright, I've had it!  double mastectomy with reconstruction.  I'm gonna get some great *** outta this problem, I'll tell you what!  fast-forward to 2 weeks ago.  its been 90 days since the mastectomy, expanders are in, I'm going in for weekly saline fills to stretch the skin, and something's not right.  the "problem boob" is'nt healing/expanding as well as the healthy boob.  well guess what?  there's still cancer there.  sigh.  even after all my scans that were free and clear?!  great.  still more of the microscopic dispersed bits have moved to the epidermis.  ulcerative cancer.  redness, itching, sores...its kinda gross.  so now I've gotta do more chemo for almost a year!  I just CANNOT believe my luck.  plus, any reconstruction has to come to a stand-still while I get my treatments.  so I'm lopsided with no nipples.  FOR THE SUMMER!  ugh.