My first post and so confused...
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Hi @annie79 Sorry you have to join us on this forum but it has been a godsend to so many of us. Last year I was also diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma stage 3 with no lymph node involvement. I had my first surgery like you a lumpectomy, then they again widened the safety margins 3 weeks later. ( this is quite a common thing as they prefer if possible to take the less invasive options.) I then had an MRI to check everything and it was only then they found high grade DCIS as well. I went through the public system and I was very lucky to have a great surgeon who was 1 of 3 who specialised in Breast Surgery. My treatment was then chemo to mop up any stray cancer cells from the grade 3 tumour and then lastly a Mastectomy to deal with the DCIS. which are just cells in situ not yet graded. So I was hit with the 3 surgeries last year as with others on this forum.
It is very overwhelming when getting bombarded with information we totally get it,as well as the very thought of having a boob off made me want to hide under the doona and never come out. I did not get a reconstruction but many do have them straight away whereas others wait for 12 months or more. Have you had an MRI yet.
There are many on here who have swapped over from private to public for the very reason you talk about so definitely worth looking into. I'm sure there are other lovely ladies here who can advise you on how they did it. I found ultimately that we have to control what our gut feeling is telling us and arm ourselves with as much well informed information as we can. Have they mentioned Chemo at all. If they do IDC does respond well to chemo. But just to reassure you I had great treatment on the public system and even my Oncologist is the director of Oncology so absolutely blessed. Wishing you all the best with your decisions. Any questions at all just ask away. This is the best place to have a rant and rave and some laughs along the way. xo
It is very overwhelming when getting bombarded with information we totally get it,as well as the very thought of having a boob off made me want to hide under the doona and never come out. I did not get a reconstruction but many do have them straight away whereas others wait for 12 months or more. Have you had an MRI yet.
There are many on here who have swapped over from private to public for the very reason you talk about so definitely worth looking into. I'm sure there are other lovely ladies here who can advise you on how they did it. I found ultimately that we have to control what our gut feeling is telling us and arm ourselves with as much well informed information as we can. Have they mentioned Chemo at all. If they do IDC does respond well to chemo. But just to reassure you I had great treatment on the public system and even my Oncologist is the director of Oncology so absolutely blessed. Wishing you all the best with your decisions. Any questions at all just ask away. This is the best place to have a rant and rave and some laughs along the way. xo