# i may/probably have inflammatory breast cancer

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-probably-have-inflammatory-breast-cancer/835815 "2019-06-20T18:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![skyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@skyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyr)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-probably-have-inflammatory-breast-cancer/835815/41 "2019-07-29T03:12:32Z")

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Sorry to hear that, Alessan. Years ago, my mother had to go through chemo and radiation for breast cancer, and she did very well with it, so I hope for the same for your wife. There are so many treatment options nowadays.

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**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-probably-have-inflammatory-breast-cancer/835815/42 "2019-07-29T05:20:42Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks ago, although honestly it feels like a year. She did _not_ catch it early - she has a 5 cm tumor in her right breast, spread to her armpit lymph nodes, but thankfully not beyond.
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> We start chemo tomorrow. It’s going to be roughly six months of that, followed by surgery, followed by radiation. The thought of it is terrifying, obviously, but after the past month, it’s also a bit of a relief. At least we’re finally _doing_ something besides tests.

I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s diagnosis. I thought you might want to know about my friend who had a 5 centimeter malignant tumor in her left breast. She had surgery, chemo, and radiation. She actually didn’t feel too badly during chemo and was able to work, though at a slightly reduced schedule. Of course YMMV, but I thought you might want to know that someone in the same situation didn’t fare too badly.

Please give us updates on your wife. I’ll be thinking of you two and hoping she has smooth sailing.

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