This breast cancer recurrence has been a scary battle on many fronts, from hard to handle symptoms, to fierce selfadvocacy, misdiagnoses, undertreatment, and the final (hopefully) reveal of the ugly truth of it all. In this fourpart series, I just get it all (mostly) out, at a highlevel, and explain how it all went down. I hope this helps you in some small way. The comments section is for you and the breast cancer community at large. Leave any helpful and productive comments or questions and I, along with anyone else are welcome to the conversation.

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Hello and welcome to No Cure For Happy, my breast cancer channel. Here I hope to provide a relatable and anecdotal firsthand account in somewhat real time of my experience with Breast Cancer. I hope to provide comfort to anyone who is fighting or has fought their own breast cancer battle so that you may feel supported as you chart your own course through this illness. Please reach out in the comments with any questions you may have.

Unilateral left breast IDC grades II/III, high grade DCIS nuclear level III

ER/PR+, HER2

Treatment: Bilateral mastectomy with sentinel node biopsy and immediate twostage reconstruction using saline tissue expanders placed prepectorally (over the muscle) followed by saline injections and finally
prepec silicone implant exchange.