Sea of Pink Ribbons
Well here I am in uncharted waters, wondering what I am likely to experience over the next few months.
I was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer Monday 10th Nov 2014. Well it was a bit of a shock as the Mammogram & Ultrasound experts thought it was just a fatty tissue bump in the boob.
Luckily the breast surgeon I was referred to thought it best that I do a biopsy, "just in case".
Told, I was Grade 2 with bump approx 8mm.
Had surgery for lumpectomy and removal of first lyph node for testing on the Wednesday 12th Nov.
Got a call on Firday evening telling me I was Grade 3 and the node was clear but had to go back in as the "surgical margin" wasn't clear.
So in again I went on Tuesday 18th Nov and got a call this afternoon, that all was OK & that there was now a clear margin.
I'm now waiting to heal before the next phase - Radiation Therapy and due to see my BC suregeon to check my wounds.
Lots of thoughts have gone through my head -
Do I ask for my breasts be removed? They are large and I have continual back issues.
Do I ask for my Ovaries & Fallopian tubes to be removed so as to avoid a future possibility?
I have no-one in my family that has experienced BC that I now of, so I have no-one with a similar history to fall back on, to guide me with future decisions.
I keep reading that Radiation Therapy is tiring but if I have no breasts I wouldn't have to experience it?
I'm not having Chemo? but I will be going through Hormone Thereapy, but if I no longer have Ovaries or Fallopian Tubes then I wouldn't have to experience that either?
I'm supposed to be having a PET scan to check that I'm clear of C?
I already have a condition called Crohn's disease and have no idea how BC treatment may or will further affect me.
Fingers crossed the journey will not be too unkind.