Struggling with Breast Cancer Treatment Journey

Sorry to hear of your bad doctor and circumstances. Unfortunately, there are unqualified people out there as well as treatment mistakes. I hope the new doc gets things right. My 1sr breast cancer had plenty of errors. It was 20 years ago, so im still here to have my 2nd breast cancer diagnosed at beginning of 2020 (i just beat the pandemic). Anyway, this time, they caught it so early, it wasnt even a solid tumor yet. They did give me a hard time when i wanted tovturn the single mastectomy into a double. So goofy. They wanted to wait for genetic testing to prove i was high risk. Logic!!!! 2x means i already experienced a 200% result. How is that not high risk!! Anyway, my surgeon (same one i had 20 years ago, love him, the best, personally, knowledge, and talent) fought the insurance company and i had my double in 2 weeks. My recommendation is to do your homework and be your own advocate. Fight for what you need. Turned out that my other breast had the start of a separate breast cancer. The more you research, you'll find that the breast cancer has been with you for quite a while. My first was probably there 10 years before i found it (speculatuon from readings and thats when my autoimmune diseases started). Fact is first needle biopsy was false negative, 6 months later the tumor size doubled, 6 months later it again doubled. Finally that radiologist referred me to a surgeon and out it came and lumpectomy, chemo and radiation ensued.

Checking in to see how you did with your surgery