Be prepared to have them suggest you do some chemo anyway, although they may be suggesting a less than aggressive schedule for you. Margins and tests don't always "catch" everything and they often suggest chemo to "make sure". And in this day and age, some of the less aggressive forms won't have your hair falling out. You may experience other really fun things like loss of appetite and exhaustion though. Ask your doctors, they can give you some idea if they suggest this.

But don't take this suggestion, if they make it, as some sort of set back. You're headed in the right direction and all of your news is good so far. "Take the win" as athletes often say. And your right about the pain pills. In the end, if you're not in pain, and won't be, skip them. Just don't be "too" brave about it. If the pain starts to kick in, take 'em. With pain meds, especially the non-opioid kind, it can take a while for them to "get ahead" of the pain.

Take the win, enjoy the good news, send some positive vibes your own way. It will all help no matter what.

a lumpectomy and 30 days of radiation. I'm 7 years out from that surgery and all has been fine. May that happen to you!

It sounds as though you have a positive attitude and will get through it just fine. Nice to hear some good news!

Glad your surgery went well and you don't have much pain. I, too, didn't have much pain after my mastectomy on the right side. Those drains, though, ugh! I remember going to church on Easter Sunday with two of them still in place. Yuk.

They must be doing much better controlling side effects from chemo, nowadays, if you said yours wasn't too bad. I had 3 months of it (this was in 2007) and it was complete and total misery for me.

Here's hoping you continue to heal and get well. Thanks for keeping us updated!

Hugs, Ohiogal

Sorry i didn't see your post sooner.
I had just the one mastectomy, but reconstruction still hasn't happened (hopefully early next year, 2 years from the other surgery -- I had complications of all sorts). yeah, the drains are a pain, but I also was surprised by the lack of actual pain.
hoping you won't need full chemo, maybe just Herceptin, which means you'll def need a haircut.

I got the drains out today, a big relief since I've been sleeping (or "sleeping&quot in a recliner for fear of messing up the tubes in my sleep. The lack of pain has been remarkable! As far as chemo goes, I feel like I'm ready for whatever they want to hand me--I'm going to sleep in my bed tonight!