are you classed as having Breast cancer
Hi everyone, my name is Sue and 6 weeks ago now I was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Cancer... Everything happened so quickly diagnosis, tests, more tests, then surgery. I had a lumpectomy and my t...
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Hi @Spirit-Harmony - I was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma in January and had a double mastectomy in April.
It sounds like they found your breast cancer really early which is very lucky with lobular, as it's so incredibly hard to detect.
I was told that I had probably had it for over a year and by the time of my surgery, it was very extensive throughout my breast - in fact, I had it bilaterally.
I'm now going through chemo, will have radiation and then hormone therapy in the future.
Having said that though, the side that had the largest amount of cancer (a whopping 16cms) had clear sentinal nodes, and on the other side, although there was sentinal and axillary node involvement, it was very minimal. All my staging scans - chest, abdomen, pelvis, bone - have come back clear - so no metastasis.
So I agree with @kezmusc - I consider myself as having HAD breast cancer. And when I tell people what I'm going through, I like to say that I had surgery for breast cancer in April. The surgery was successful in removing all the cancer, and I'm now going through treatment for insurance purposes and to 'mop up' anything that could potentially rear its ugly head in the future.
All the best of luck with your treatment! xxx
It sounds like they found your breast cancer really early which is very lucky with lobular, as it's so incredibly hard to detect.
I was told that I had probably had it for over a year and by the time of my surgery, it was very extensive throughout my breast - in fact, I had it bilaterally.
I'm now going through chemo, will have radiation and then hormone therapy in the future.
Having said that though, the side that had the largest amount of cancer (a whopping 16cms) had clear sentinal nodes, and on the other side, although there was sentinal and axillary node involvement, it was very minimal. All my staging scans - chest, abdomen, pelvis, bone - have come back clear - so no metastasis.
So I agree with @kezmusc - I consider myself as having HAD breast cancer. And when I tell people what I'm going through, I like to say that I had surgery for breast cancer in April. The surgery was successful in removing all the cancer, and I'm now going through treatment for insurance purposes and to 'mop up' anything that could potentially rear its ugly head in the future.
All the best of luck with your treatment! xxx