Copper, mind if I ask if you had lumpectomy or mastectomy? I had mastectomy and refused radiation. Again, the percentage of benefit was not great enough to experience the side effects. Plus, radiation makes reconstruction more complicated, and I was all for reconstruction. Cancer wasn't going to kill me, but chemo nearly did. I was hospitalized so many times for effects from chemo. It was always scary on the oncology ward, knowing that others died there. Oh, I agree about the support groups. I was healing so well that I started presenting at the support groups, doing journal writing workshops and imaging your goals workshops. My theory was that women battling breast cancer lose track of their dreams for their lives because the only focus is on saving your life during cancer. Love and Light, Lynn