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It's baaaaacccckkkkk and it's a tumah.

But first an update . . .So last I left off, I had just had my surgery and was given the good, bad, and ugly of it all.  As part of my surgery I had expanders implanted as place holders to help keep my breast shape between radiation and reconstruction.  My plastic surgeon, yes I am that fancy and have a plastic surgeon 😊, recommended time after radiation to let my skin heal to give me the best outcome for breast reconstruction. However, the left breast, which is the breast that had the original Horcrux, aka tumor, had a very difficult time healing from the mastectomy so my treatment plan was delayed several weeks and I did not start the chemo pill until early June.   In the mean time I had a CT and Bone scan that all came out clean so I was feeling ok.  As a reminder, my treatment plan was to start the Xeloda pill for 4 rounds, then radiation, then another 4 rounds of Xeloda. Well into my second round of the dreaded pill, I found a lump on my chest wall, in t...