Diagnosed this week and struggling
Hello everyone I'm glad to have found this community. I found a lump a few weeks ago, had a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsies and have two tumors in one breast, both invasive, one lobular and ...
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Thank you so much @MelV83 and @Tri for your replies.
I will be going through the public system and have yet to have my first appointment with the surgeon. The appointment is only a few days away. The breast care nurse called me last week to introduce herself and I believe that herself or one of the other nurses will be at that appointment too.
I have been looking through my biopsy report, looking up any words etc that I don't understand and it seems that my BC is positive for estrogen and progesterone, which from what I understand is pretty common for BC. Looking at the report and seeing what exactly is going on has helped a lot.
I hope they too send me for a battery of tests, I really want to make sure that it isn't anywhere else. But I'm also thinking that if it is, that there are treatments for all of it. I like the idea of the stage gates and I am trying not to look up too much information on Google as I know I tend to catastrophize and always put the worst spin on my situation.
I do feel a little better about it today (less tears), but I know it will be very up and down for a long time yet. I will definitely listen to some podcasts from here.
Thank you again 💜
I will be going through the public system and have yet to have my first appointment with the surgeon. The appointment is only a few days away. The breast care nurse called me last week to introduce herself and I believe that herself or one of the other nurses will be at that appointment too.
I have been looking through my biopsy report, looking up any words etc that I don't understand and it seems that my BC is positive for estrogen and progesterone, which from what I understand is pretty common for BC. Looking at the report and seeing what exactly is going on has helped a lot.
I hope they too send me for a battery of tests, I really want to make sure that it isn't anywhere else. But I'm also thinking that if it is, that there are treatments for all of it. I like the idea of the stage gates and I am trying not to look up too much information on Google as I know I tend to catastrophize and always put the worst spin on my situation.
I do feel a little better about it today (less tears), but I know it will be very up and down for a long time yet. I will definitely listen to some podcasts from here.
Thank you again 💜