I was diagnosed in December 2021 with a new local recurrence of breast cancer, 9.5 years after I first had breast cancer. The lumps are in my lymph nodes near where my original lump was. I had thought had all lymph nodes had been cleared when I was first treated (I had a double mastectomy and a lymph node (axillary) clearance in 2013) but apparently some were left behind, and they are now cancerous. Apparently it is triple negative again, like last time. After the inital shock, I felt I was doing quite well, but the wait for an operation to remove them...which is not till 27th Jan...is taking forever, and the lumps are definitley growing while I'm waiting, which is making me feel quite scared. I have been told to prepare myself that I'm likely to need chemo again after the surgery, and also probably radiotherapy. I had thought I was in the clear after such a long time since my previous experience with cancer :(
Let's hope so. I'm still only 43 
Last time I had treatment I had a baby under the age of 1, so he had no idea anything was wrong as he was too small. He is now 10, so I worry how he will deal with seeing me go through treatment this time
We only have the one child, 13yo who we've also been open with from day 1. His school has been amazingly supportive to him, and checking in with us every so often too.
We're coping well enough. I'm about to start chemo next week, so we'll see what next week brings. Onwards and upwards 
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When you're going through hell, don't stop!
