"I don't have time for BC"
Let me start from the beginning... Fri 13th April 2018, a day after I turned 35 years old. As I was getting ready for work, I felt a strange lump on my right breast and it was painful to touch. Initi...
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@nonkyboy thank you. This is my first time and I wasn't sure where to post. My intent of coming online to this forum was because I don't have the luxury to talk to people face to face who have gone through, or are currently going through BC and treatment. I can't drive yet due to medication and recovery from surgery.
I have to wait for the BRCA genetic testing results to determine if I carry the mutated BRCA gene. If I am positive, I will have another surgery for a left breast mastectomy, removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes plus freeze eggs. If I am negative, I will go on tamoxifen for five years. The oncologist told me there is no need for radiotherapy or chemo. Hence why I have been referred to a fertility clinic - my motherhood became questionable.
It is a lot to get my head around in less than a month, but boy was this unexpected.
I have to wait for the BRCA genetic testing results to determine if I carry the mutated BRCA gene. If I am positive, I will have another surgery for a left breast mastectomy, removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes plus freeze eggs. If I am negative, I will go on tamoxifen for five years. The oncologist told me there is no need for radiotherapy or chemo. Hence why I have been referred to a fertility clinic - my motherhood became questionable.
It is a lot to get my head around in less than a month, but boy was this unexpected.