Just diagnosed
I have just been diagnosed with IBC. It still does not seem real. I have a large mass in my breast and and cancer in my lymph nodes under one arm. I have my first oncolgist visit coming up in 10 da...
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Hello Corinne,
Thank you for contacting me, you have given me some hope of being here for a while anyway, but I am 73. I am HER2 positive and will have the herceptin drug as well. My youngest daughter is a senior dermatologist at RPA a big Sydney hospital and she was able to get a Professor to see me.
I lost my husband 21 months ago with eosophageal cancer, and I am attending the same hospital and cancer clinic as he went to. I live on my own, but I am coping OK, have wonderful neighbours. I had a UTI and had 4 nights in hospital this week, my temp went up, so I had to get an ambulance, as it could have been the chemo upset my blood. luckily it wasn't,
I live in NSW at St Clair, very near Penrith. I have a son in Caboolture in q'ld.
I am so glad to read your message as it gives us all hope when we have just started our long journey. I guess the most frightening thing for me is the mastectomy. How did you cope with that?
Thank you once again for writing to me, you have given me lots of hope.
Love Lorraine S