Hi everyone
Hi,
I was just diagnosed with IBC 3 weeks ago which came as a bit of a shock to me as there is no breast cancer in my family.
I am 42 yo mum who is married and has already undergone 1 lot of ch...
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Hi Sal,
You sound so much like me. An active person who wonders how did this happen to me. Breast cancer was not in my family so when I woke up one morning to find my left breast double the size of my right I panicked called the doctor to make an appointment that night. I went to work that day and looked on the internet BIG MISTAKE. The symptoms I had were the same for premenopausal mastitis and inflammation breast cancer. The doctor put me on penicillin and then antibiotics and they did nothing then went to a breast surgeon and he quickly ran heaps of tests th following week. It wasn't till the following Thursday the 20th June that we were told the bad news I had IBC and it had moved to my lymph nodes under my arm and up to the clavicle region below the base of my neck .
You live in one of my favourite places in Australia you lucky thing, love Port Douglas also. I went to have my wig fitted and cut yesterday and feel pretty good about it. I'm getting my hair cut short tommorow hoping it will be easier to manage before I lose it all.
Take care Tanya..