Sea of Pink Ribbons

soncat

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.

LeisaC

Hi Soncat,

 

I am also a newly diagnosed BC, I was diagnosed last Friday 14th November.  I was told that I've got a Grade 2 Infiltrating Ductal Carsinoma.  I am currently awaiting an appointment with the surgeon at the Gold Coast Hospital.  Hope all goes well

Chat soon take care

Leisa xx

LeisaC

Hi Soncat,

 

I am also a newly diagnosed BC, I was diagnosed last Friday 14th November.  I was told that I've got a Grade 2 Infiltrating Ductal Carsinoma.  I am currently awaiting an appointment with the surgeon at the Gold Coast Hospital.  Hope all goes well

Chat soon take care

Leisa xx

LeisaC

Hi Soncat,

 

I am also a newly diagnosed BC, I was diagnosed last Friday 14th November.  I was told that I've got a Grade 2 Infiltrating Ductal Carsinoma.  I am currently awaiting an appointment with the surgeon at the Gold Coast Hospital.  Hope all goes well

Chat soon take care

Leisa xx

soncat

Hi Leisa,

Sorry to hear your news. Yes, I was originally told an 8mm Grade 2 DCIS same as you. Is GCH public or private? How long do you think you'll have to wait to get an appointment? Did you go through a specialist? I've initially gone through the private system, so far my suregery's have been done quickly. I'm now wondering what the public vs private system is like when it come to the rest of the process.

Good luck with it all & chat again soon.

LeisaC

Hi Soncat,

GCH is a public hospital on the Gold Coast, hoping I don't have to wait too much longer I did see a specialist on Monday privately but as I don't have private health funds he recommended that I go public (for obvious reasons) haha.  I think the last time I had an ultrasound my lump measured 1.35cm x 1.5cm but not sure now how much it has grown.

 

Good Luck to you and hope everything goes well

 

Leisa xx

soncat

Hi LeisaC,

Thanks and hope all goes well with you too, stay in touch.

soncat

Hi LeisaC,

Thanks and hope all goes well with you too, stay in touch.