Our types are very different, but it sounds like you're going to avoid chemo, so good for you!
And I'm with you on reconstruction. I'm 65 and I'd like to look relatively normal for a while longer, too.

Near 100% (aside from my likely quirky genes).

Fingers crossed that my insurance company doesn't reject this genetic test. I'd like to have that information before I decide about surgery.

I don't have any experience with breast reconstruction but I can tell you that I was tired for a few months even after radiation ended. It actually seemed to get worse after treatment. I kept to a routine as much as possible but some days it was all I could do to stay upright.

Sending you my best!

Yesterday's administrative screw-up of the day didn't even phase me.

Your experience sounds like what I've been told about radiation. That's one of the reasons I'm leaning toward a mastectomy - unless something unexpected turns up - no radiation. I typically recover pretty well from surgery - so I might be back to normal much more quickly than after radiation.

Thanks!

Year and a half ago, I had breast reduction...I was big and saggy and experiencing bad shoulder pain (one torn ligament diagnosed). I even got it approved by my insurance! For that time until this little incident, I've had perfect perky girls, and it's been heavenly. I'm hopeful, that when this is all said and done, that I'll be back to that (and I already have the plastic surgeon to make me perky again)!
And since I've already had surgery there, that part doesn't scare me at all. It really was not bad.