I just read through this thread and sometimes people on help lines are no help at all!!!!

I am a double mastectomy survivor without reconstruction....
I had inflammatory BC in 2005 and I am fast approaching my 6 year mark when they didn't expect me to make it a year....

I have lymphedema on the bc side but I deal with it with a lymphedema pump. I was very seditary before diagnosis and I also got back into working out with the help of the team survivor ladies in Austin, tx. I lost 55-60 lbs and now do triathlons!!

In time you can do many of the things you did before.....we are here to support.... Tina in Austin