Did Not See This Coming
Hi All, I have been diagnosed with Stage 2 BC a few days ago. I am a pre-menopausal 46 year old. I am currently the fittest and (I thought) healthiest in my whole life, so this has floored me. I am s...
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Hi and welcome. I was 51. I had just changed from a stressful high pressured job to a new one I was loving. My boys were old enough for my husband and I to have a wonderful motorcycle trip away. I eas fit and healthy both phtsically and mentally. Then 9 days before Xmas I found a lump. 5 weeks before I had a clear mammogram. It either wasn't there or invisible due to my breast density. Mine was just 1mm inside stage 1 but was a grade 3. My nodes were clear. If mine hadn't been near the nipple it would have been huge before I found it or have ither symptoms.
But survive I have. Through the tears and fears and being very annoyed my life has been interupted. I found chemo hard going. I am back working and reclaiming my fitness and my life.
I too was terrified my lump was growing as I waited. My surgery was 20 days after my appointment. Because of my family history and breast density I had a bilateral mastectomy and tissue expander recobstruction.
Have you got someone to come to appointment with you? Have you ordered the my journey kit? Link below.
Don't be alarmed if sent for additional scans pre surgery. This is normal and part of staging. Take care. Kath x
https://www.bcna.org.au/resources/my-journey-kit/
But survive I have. Through the tears and fears and being very annoyed my life has been interupted. I found chemo hard going. I am back working and reclaiming my fitness and my life.
I too was terrified my lump was growing as I waited. My surgery was 20 days after my appointment. Because of my family history and breast density I had a bilateral mastectomy and tissue expander recobstruction.
Have you got someone to come to appointment with you? Have you ordered the my journey kit? Link below.
Don't be alarmed if sent for additional scans pre surgery. This is normal and part of staging. Take care. Kath x
https://www.bcna.org.au/resources/my-journey-kit/