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I had my mammogram on my birthday- 13th August, now less than a month later I've had surgery to remove the lump and the sentinel lymph node and have been told it hasn't spread to my lymph nodes but I...
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I was diagnosed with Stage 2 on 7th July with a tumour 2.5cm. When the tumour was removed, sentinel lymph node was clear however the pathology revealed whilst DCIS, it was grade 3 and I was HER2-positive. My margins also contained some "sussed" cells so I've had to undergo a further shaving which is now clear to 1mm (my surgeon would have preferred 2mm but will let me pass).
My treatment has gone from radiotherapy to 4 sessions of chemo starting Monday, then trastuzumab very three weeks for probably a year with another weekly chemo drug for a further 12 weeks.
Some days I cope, some days I don't. I am learning to ask for assistance and to be kind to myself. The next 12 months are going to be very rocky but what is getting me through at the moment is that fact that this treatment is largely to prevent any of this aggressive cancer ever coming back. So I focus on that fact that I am diagnosed with Stage 2 and my lymph nodes are clear.