Triple Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer

She does not have a discomfort but she did have shortness of breath sometimes and a rare mild cough. She coughs once and it stops. Her lungs seem clear though.. I mentioned this to the doctors multiple times they all said that she is fine. Suggested she might have allergies or something. She had a PET scan, multiple chest x-rays, head scans all came clear. She is going to have the surgery in a month. I am hopping that they will not find any bad surprises during surgery and after the pathology is done. I am wondering what other tests can she get or what else can be done while we wait for a surgery date. Her heart rate and blood pressure were off during chemo.  Before she started chemo she was very tired. Now that she is done with her chemo and 1 week passed she seems more energetic. So far she was seen by 3 surgeons, 2 medical oncologists, 1 rads oncologist, cardiologist, gynecologist. I hope any one of them would have checked her lungs other tests ? Should I be demanding more tests ?

She did have a genetic test done but we are waiting for the result. We have an appointment next week with the genetic counselor. Unfortunately the surgery is scheduled the day after the genetic counselor appointment. So we are not sure if the results of the genetic test will affect the plan for the surgery. My mom chose to have a mastectomy of the left breast also the surgeon is taking out some lymph nodes. Hope the surgery goes well and no surprises will be found. Very nervous about the surgery. The tests (mamo+ultrasound) of the right breast showed that she has some benign cysts. Should i be worried about those cysts? Any advice for the surgery now that it is less than a week away? I had a discussion with the medical oncologist and he said that he will just keep monitoring her. Few blood tests and physical checkups. I know that there is still radiation and surgery ahead but I have this uneasy feeling / worry that we are not doing more to fight it.  What the oncologist said was that if it does show up ( mets or recurrence ) its just simply really bad news and there is not much that you can do. I asked for an MRI and another PET scan after surgery. He explained that since she will have (standard treatment) TAC chemo, surgery and rads as far as treatments, getting extra screening tests does not change the prognosis or the life expectancy. As much I try to take one step at a time my mind is going all over.  Other than diet and exercises is there anything else that can be done ? Should we have asked for a double mastectomy ? The last mammogram and ultrasound of the left breast was done after 3rd chemo cycle and from what I can tell they will just do a mastectomy, is that normal procedure ?

Any tips or advice is appreciated.

Thanks. 

I asked for the genetic tests to be done sooner but the genetic counselor was dragging her feet. The only day i could get an appointment was the day before surgery since they only see patients once a week. As far as MRI that was not done and looks like will not be done. The waiting list for MRIs is very long and to get it done at a private clinic is expensive close to $900. At this point not sure what to expect and how the surgeon will react to the results.  The only pre-op scan was US and Mammo of the right breast, left one was checked had same scans but it was few months ago (3rd chemo cycle). Should I ask for and MRI after surgery ? Can a surgery plan be changed in one day ?