My wife, for those who are interested!

[chriskleeman]

And here in this little corner of the world, you both are in my thoughts and prayers too!

Chris K

[kcourt]

Gunug,

I know the decisions sometimes are hard, but prayer does work wonders.

For your info, I do have lymphedema, got it ten years after the surgery.  It has not held me down - I go to exercise class every day and have full use of my arm.  The only thing I don't do is lift heavy things or plant roses or other plants that might have thorns.

Hope all goes well for you and your beloved!

Kathy

[jcarter]

Good luck to you both!  
I will say that both my mom and her sister were long term breast cancer survivors, one lived to 93 and the other to 96.  My aunt took something called Tamoxifen, and that might have had something to do with it. Though at 84 she survived colon cancer.
Neither of them did the radiation treatment.
So in this day of medical research, we all have a much better chance of living to our 90s.  
Jane