Newly diagnosed - await treatment plan
Original post created by member @Annette77 in 'When is your birthday' thread, moved to own discussion in 'Newly diagnosed' category:
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Hi Annette
The waiting is the worst part.
I worked myself into a frenzy after every scan and test including MRI, bone scan, brain scan, abdominal scan and to top it all off, PET scan.
Once I was being wheeled into surgery for a mastectomy ( 6 weeks from initial diagnosis) I entered a temporary “ zen like” state and felt far much more in control after waking up from the operation.
I had no spread to my lymph nodes so didn’t have chemo but did have 28 sessions of radiotherapy mainly because of the size of my tumour (5.5cm).
I ended up having the other breast removed and double DIEP flap surgery and am now on Letrazole for at least 5 years.
I found this website invaluable and there is an amazing amount of useful material on here.
There are a few private groups on this forum too that might be worth joining , I joined the breast reconstruction one.
All the best and remember you can post anything on here, no question is to silly as we have all been there in one way or another.
🌺
The waiting is the worst part.
I worked myself into a frenzy after every scan and test including MRI, bone scan, brain scan, abdominal scan and to top it all off, PET scan.
Once I was being wheeled into surgery for a mastectomy ( 6 weeks from initial diagnosis) I entered a temporary “ zen like” state and felt far much more in control after waking up from the operation.
I had no spread to my lymph nodes so didn’t have chemo but did have 28 sessions of radiotherapy mainly because of the size of my tumour (5.5cm).
I ended up having the other breast removed and double DIEP flap surgery and am now on Letrazole for at least 5 years.
I found this website invaluable and there is an amazing amount of useful material on here.
There are a few private groups on this forum too that might be worth joining , I joined the breast reconstruction one.
All the best and remember you can post anything on here, no question is to silly as we have all been there in one way or another.
🌺