27 year old lobular carcinoma
Hi there, I’m 27 and based in Brisbane just now. 12 days ago I was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma. I don’t yet know lymph involvement but am guessing it’s likely (nothing showed on USS o...
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@kmakm the worst has been the - why don’t you know the plan yet. I didnt know because that’s how public health works! They wanted to discuss me at an MDT before giving me misleading info! But for anyone who has never had anything to do with the health system they just don’t understand these things. It gets so repetive explaining!
I am also hating that some people find it okay to ask about fertility - I feel like saying is it really the worst thing if we don’t have kids?? People have happy lives without children all the time!
Or friends saying “it’ll be fine in a few years you can use these embryos” — yes we could try, but as I’ve explained that involves me coming off the medicine preventing the recurrence of the cancer, highly risky. Then going through pregnancy exposing myself to all those hormones, also highly risky! Plus the general statistics of an IVF embryo actually becoming a child aren’t fantastic I’ve been well warned of that!!!
Aside from those two things I’m coping well with all of the questions and interest. :)
thank you @Zoffiel!!
I met with genetics, very undecided if I should go through with testing... they felt highly unlikely to have any mutations with my “risk”. Not sure it would change anything for me really if I don’t ever know the result?
I am also hating that some people find it okay to ask about fertility - I feel like saying is it really the worst thing if we don’t have kids?? People have happy lives without children all the time!
Or friends saying “it’ll be fine in a few years you can use these embryos” — yes we could try, but as I’ve explained that involves me coming off the medicine preventing the recurrence of the cancer, highly risky. Then going through pregnancy exposing myself to all those hormones, also highly risky! Plus the general statistics of an IVF embryo actually becoming a child aren’t fantastic I’ve been well warned of that!!!
Aside from those two things I’m coping well with all of the questions and interest. :)
thank you @Zoffiel!!
I met with genetics, very undecided if I should go through with testing... they felt highly unlikely to have any mutations with my “risk”. Not sure it would change anything for me really if I don’t ever know the result?