RE16's Cancer has spread/Metastasized Experience

Cancer has spread/Metastasized

My cancer returned after my initial treatment in my sentinel node and in my chest wall. To be honest with you when the doctor told us it was as if someone had sucker punched me and sucked all the air out of the room, a simple breath was difficult! The tumor was quite visible just below my collar bone and I desperately wanted it removed! As it turned out my oncologist did not want it removed as he wanted to use it as a "maker" to see if it would shrink when chemo was administered. I was not happy with this but he explained that this was the best course of action because if it did not shrink with the chemo he choose for me he would have to change the chemo until it did shrink. I was fortunate as after my first chemo of my second cancer battle the tumor disappeared. I still needed to have 16 more rounds of chemo to ensure it stayed away but the fact is what he was giving me was working!