Just been diagnosed
Hello ladies,
I have just had a mastectomy after being diagnosed with early breast cancer 2 weeks ago. I am getting my pathology results today. They havent found cancer anywhere else but I think I'...
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Hi!
Sorry to hear of your journey so far, I really hope you recieved some good news with the Pathology results, yesterday.
I had stage 3 lumpectomy (2 surgeries) in July and 10 lymph nodes out, with 7 with cancer cells in them and am also Hormone Receptor Positive.
Having a chance at a family after all this was very important to me and my Hubby, so we made sure we were given time for a couple of ivf cycles before treatment started. (We found out that we were pregnant earlier this yr with our first child, but sadly had a missed miscarried at 10wks :o( After finding out about the BC, I think that our Little Angel left us to save my life.
My first ivf cycle was cancelled as I only had 1 egg that responded to the daily injections, this was probably because I was anxious about the 2nd surgery I needed. Anyway, the 2nd cycle was heaps better, 6 eggs before collection, 4 eggs were good enough to collect on the day, 2 were fertilized and then we managed to secure 1 embryo in the freezer. Better than no chance at all. :o) Bear is mind I am 38, so the younger you are the better odds you will definately have.
My advice on ivf, providing your partner/hubby agrees, as you have to both sign documents. Is to work on getting embryo's frozen, rather than eggs, as it gives you a better chance at the end of your BC journey, especially if you go through menopause with your treatment. The hard work is done for you, so to speak and when I spoke to the Scientists, they mentioned that it is possible at defrosting to wait up to 5 days before insertion, just to make sure the embryo is growing at a good rate.
I hope my message hasn't been too much for you to work through. It was really hard for me to make dicisions for the future, when I was dealing with so much in the right now, but try and work through your options when you feel up to it.
You are going through a lot at the moment, and the information you will get from this website will help you no end, as it has for me.
Take care and let us know how you are going.
Rach x