Another Newbie with some questions
Hi there, I was diagnosed a month ago with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in my right breast following my first Breast Screen appointment. My lump is Grade 2, 19mm and positioned at 10 o'clock and 5cm fro...
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Hi @arnlybub,
Welcome to the forum. Everyone here is awesome.
I too had 19mm breast tumour . Stage two grade two. It was quite deep and a pain in the butt to find. I had chosen the lumpectomy if possible so we chased it for a while as you couldn't feel it. Unfortunately I also had a 25mm one in my L/node as well.
So I had the lumpectomy and re excision the next week for clearer margins. The re excision is really no big deal. I was in at 8am and home by 2pm.
Surgeons are not keen these days on doing mastectomies if they can avoid it. "Over treatment" is the buzz word. If you've got big enough boobs versus the size of the tumour they will recommend that you do the lumpectomy.
So I had 14d versus 19mm tumour and it looks pretty ok if I do say so myself.
As there ended up being 5 nodes involved, chemo was a must do. I think chemo is the one word that scares the heck out of everyone at the start. Some of us get through it without too many issues though.
You won't know till after the surgery and the final pathology.
As far as the breast care nurse goes. She should make contact before your pre admission apt and be there for that. But as we've been recently discussing it does seem to depend on the hospital and the nurse. Just keep leaving messages if you need to talk to her sooner.
Try not to stress over things that mightn't happen. Just focus on the next step. It's a hazy fog at the start.
There's so much support here, keep talking, keep asking questions.
Welcome to the forum. Everyone here is awesome.
I too had 19mm breast tumour . Stage two grade two. It was quite deep and a pain in the butt to find. I had chosen the lumpectomy if possible so we chased it for a while as you couldn't feel it. Unfortunately I also had a 25mm one in my L/node as well.
So I had the lumpectomy and re excision the next week for clearer margins. The re excision is really no big deal. I was in at 8am and home by 2pm.
Surgeons are not keen these days on doing mastectomies if they can avoid it. "Over treatment" is the buzz word. If you've got big enough boobs versus the size of the tumour they will recommend that you do the lumpectomy.
So I had 14d versus 19mm tumour and it looks pretty ok if I do say so myself.
As there ended up being 5 nodes involved, chemo was a must do. I think chemo is the one word that scares the heck out of everyone at the start. Some of us get through it without too many issues though.
You won't know till after the surgery and the final pathology.
As far as the breast care nurse goes. She should make contact before your pre admission apt and be there for that. But as we've been recently discussing it does seem to depend on the hospital and the nurse. Just keep leaving messages if you need to talk to her sooner.
Try not to stress over things that mightn't happen. Just focus on the next step. It's a hazy fog at the start.
There's so much support here, keep talking, keep asking questions.