Michael - Interview 99
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After having a 2nd breast cancer removed, a genetic test showed that Michael had a faulty gene; further tests showed precancerous cells in his prostate, so he reluctantly had it removed.
After having a 2nd breast cancer removed, a genetic test showed that Michael had a faulty gene; further tests showed precancerous cells in his prostate, so he reluctantly had it removed.
Michael's breast cancer recurred in the opposite breast and he had the lump and two lymph nodes removed; having retired since his original mastectomy he found his recovery far easier this time.
Michael's breast cancer recurred in the opposite breast and he had the lump and two lymph nodes removed; having retired since his original mastectomy he found his recovery far easier this time.
So, 2006 I think it was, I got a piece of paper that really meant it said, ‘discharged’ on it, so I had to continue to take the tamoxifen for a little longer, and that, as far as I was concerned, was it, until 2008. I was… I discovered a lump in my other breast actually. This time I was… I found it, I have to admit, I was not good about checking my breast regularly, and I’d actually been doing the decking with paint, and I thought, my arm feels tired. And I felt… and I thought, ‘oh bother, there’s a lump there’. So again, I went to the doctor. He said, “Yes, you’ve got a lump”. Went through a similar procedure but I’d noticed that in the eight years that things advanced. There was… all the paperwork was a lot less gender-specific and some of that was due to my comments, and this time they had developed a new way of checking the lymph nodes which… well they do, they look at the sentinel lymph node and they put a wire… they put some dye into your breast. It goes to the first lymph node and they check it on the ultrasound and they put a wire in there to mark it, and this is the day before you have the operation. You go in and they removed, this time, just a lump from my breast and the first two lymph nodes, which was comparatively minor to having sort of most of them removed. And I recovered even… by then I had retired, so it was a lot easier, and because it seemed like this, well… a piece of cake, really.