Nervous

Hello, I was diagnosed in October after having my first mammogram at 50 totally unexpected. IDC Stage 2 (2cm) grade 3 and 1 lymph node involved. Lump removed with clear margins in November and healed well. The surgeon took more than he had originally planned as he thought the lump felt larger, and so removed lump, precancerous cells and obtained clear margins, so slightly larger dent, but very happy no more surgery required. I can have reconstruction if I want once my treatment is finished, but at the moment it looks ok to me, my breast shape is still intact. Due to it being grade 3 I've just completed my 3rd round of 4 AC every 2 weeks and then move on to 12 of Taxol, then radiation therapy, and hormone therapy. Happily no nausea (the drugs work for me and I haven't needed to use the extra given to me) and fairly mild side effects other than fatigue and hairloss. My hair was long, but I had it cut short before treatment (which I liked) and then got my husband to buzz cut when it started to come out, which helped with the tender feeling on my scalp. I'm up in Darwin and we have 2 wonderful McGrath Nurses who have been very helpful, and extremely happy with my surgeon and oncology team at the Alan Walker Cancer Centre up here, everyone has been so supportive. Currently on leave from work, mainly because of the fatigue but hoping to be able to do a few days a week when I switch to Taxol. I've been lurking on this network since my diagnosis, and it's been very helpful 🙂 Katie