Get it out now or wait and think?
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed hormone positive her2 negative. I had my first appointment with my surgeon and was told my diagnosis a week ago. I was told to consider lumpectomy with radiation or mastectomy....
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Gosh - that makes it hard @Sliv - usually you see the surgeon & they check you out personally (mine did another ultrasound whilst I was there) and they usually make sure you have a sentinel node test (to see which nodes the tumour is draining to - mine was done the day before my surgery.) At my first (and only meeting) before surgery - I basically said to my surgeon to 'go for the lumpectomy' but if he found anything that needed 'more removal' ... then to go the whole hog - so I didn't really know til i got out of surgery, the extent of what he had done!
Are you in the public or private sector for your surgery? If going private (or public, I am guessing), you could see if someone else is available to meet up with first, before the surgery ..... whether it is available next week or the weeks following ...
It is unlikely to grow bigger in the next few weeks - Maybe give our Helpline a call on 1800500258 TODAY as they are not open on the Weekends ... they may be able to guide you in your decision making.
I know that I wanted mine GORN as soon as possible and it all kicked over pretty quickly, once it started ..... I saw my surgeon on the Mon, had the node test on the Tues & had the beast OUT on the Wed, staying in overnight.
Re Recurrence - it will be your Medical Team's main purpose for you to NOT have a recurrence - so the surgeon always takes a 'bit more' than the expected size of your tumour, to get 'clear margins' (ie no cancer cells in them) ....
Your ongoing 'game plan' will depend on your pathology results & that can take a week or so after your surgery to come thru (make sure you ask for copies of ALL results & reports - and that they also go to your GP as well as the Oncologists.)
take care & all the best xx
Are you in the public or private sector for your surgery? If going private (or public, I am guessing), you could see if someone else is available to meet up with first, before the surgery ..... whether it is available next week or the weeks following ...
It is unlikely to grow bigger in the next few weeks - Maybe give our Helpline a call on 1800500258 TODAY as they are not open on the Weekends ... they may be able to guide you in your decision making.
I know that I wanted mine GORN as soon as possible and it all kicked over pretty quickly, once it started ..... I saw my surgeon on the Mon, had the node test on the Tues & had the beast OUT on the Wed, staying in overnight.
Re Recurrence - it will be your Medical Team's main purpose for you to NOT have a recurrence - so the surgeon always takes a 'bit more' than the expected size of your tumour, to get 'clear margins' (ie no cancer cells in them) ....
Your ongoing 'game plan' will depend on your pathology results & that can take a week or so after your surgery to come thru (make sure you ask for copies of ALL results & reports - and that they also go to your GP as well as the Oncologists.)
take care & all the best xx