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Hi Ibirch, so sorry to hear about your path results, they are a bit of a bugger. Last year each time I saw the Dr there seemed to be a bit more bad news. I got to the point that I became paranoid that his visits would always mean more bad news. Like you, I was graded at a 3, when initially they thought my 4 mm tumour would be a grade 1 and only require a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. I had 2 surgeries in the end, and came out of hospital last year on Christmas morning, to the best news ever. I ended up having a mastectomy and half my lymph nodes removed, but though the tumour was actually 21mm, and grade 3, it hadn't moved to the lymph nodes, but had a lot of lymphovascular formation. I would still need chemo. 12 months later, I'm feeling great. My hair is growing back, I've had a prophylactic mastectomy on the other side and have tissue expanders, and a bust line again. My exchange will happen in 3 weeks. I wish you good results with your scans, and hope that the next year isn't too bad for you. For me it wasn't as bad as I imagined. The chemo didn't knock me around, so I hope you will also be ok with it. I can not believe a year has passed since my "journey" began. Love Chris xx