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Here we go again
I underwent a mastectomy for grade 2 lobular carcinoma in July last year. Both sentinel node and axillary node biopsies were clear. I didn’t require radiotherapy or chemotherapy but commenced anastrazole which I am tolerating well. My Oncologist told me I am officially a breast cancer survivor and I felt very well and grateful.
Today I had my routine mammogram and ultrasound of the other breast and the sonographor told me “there is something there”. So here we go again with the tests and the waiting and the uncertainty. It’s not the diagnosis that bothers me as much as this time before I know what’s going on. Hopefully it will be nothing, but you have to go through the process as you all know.
I know that I have been so much more fortunate than many of you using this space but it still sucks as you all know!
Today I had my routine mammogram and ultrasound of the other breast and the sonographor told me “there is something there”. So here we go again with the tests and the waiting and the uncertainty. It’s not the diagnosis that bothers me as much as this time before I know what’s going on. Hopefully it will be nothing, but you have to go through the process as you all know.
I know that I have been so much more fortunate than many of you using this space but it still sucks as you all know!
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- I shall remember all of you my cancer survivor friends in my prayer. Nothing is impossible with God and He knows all our tears and pains. He will heal. God bless you all.
- Thank you for being there @arpie and @blossom1961 - It is greatly appreciated.
- @Sketa I wrote on your post instead
- xxx Thinking of you, @Sketa .... Give the Helpline a call 1800 500 258 if you'd like to chat to someone xx
- Back again. So, the surgery had a few hiccups. Recovery has been quite difficult and not as much movement and progress, even though I did not have nodes removed. Two stints in emergency only days after being sent home early - in for clots and infection. Went down the MRI CT scans, body and brain stans, dyes for tumors and clots - collapsed veins and generally feeling like sh*&. This week, I am again on medication for suspected osteomyelitis, of which I pray is not the case. My moods have gone from, hey, I think I'm going to be okay, to worrying about whether or not things get worse. I tell myself everyday - God will take care of me, I will mend and I don't have this. I am just praying...
- All the best @Sketa .... we'll be thinking of you xx
- Very best wishes. Hope you are not waiting too long.
- Wish me luck!
- I've sorted out all the paperwork today, a lot more than last time. Anyhow, thanks again for the support. I will talk to you all after my surgery. Thanks again for being there in the cloud world of communication. :)
- @arpie My last surgery was the 30/3/21 and it has been a difficulty to years - mentally, emotionally and physically quite draining. I am back at work and have felt more like myself than I have in the last 6 months. Yet, that phone call came and it has set my mind racing again, with all the same old worries /concerns hitting me like a sledgehammer. So, I just wanted to talk tonight with someone to debug the worries and sit on the positive fence again. I expect you understand where I am coming from?
