Newly diagnosed and learning
I've read through some posts and realise I have lots of gaps of knowledge about what I have. I know I have breast cancer, it's about 8cm, I know its spread to my armpit lymphs and now the nodes near ...
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Hi Lillian67, welcome to the best place to help calm the anxiety that you will experience during this awful time.
I am at a similar stage to you, though no one has mentioned a PET scan to me.
I am still waiting for my bone and body scan results.
I have copies of my pathology reports both from the scans and biopsies prior to surgery and pathology on the cancers removed during surgery.
I am trying to understand them so I know what sort of cancer I am dealing with.
I feel this will help me understand the Chemo I will be prescribed, what it is aimed at and what it is supposed to do.
I am slowly making sense of the reports and thankfully have a friend in pathology to ask anything that confuses me. There are a few good websites too that can explain the various report findings.
When I see the Oncologist, one of the first questions I will ask him is to explain the after surgery pathology report, and what it means in terms of the type of cancer I have.
this is so I am sure I understand it.
if you don't have a copy of your pathology reports, and you want one, you can get them from your GP or surgeon.
my pathology lists
ER +ve. 3+
PR +Ve 3+
HER 2 is confusing as one report says Equivocal, one says positive and one says negative.
so I am hoping with the oncologist explaining I will understand better.
The My Journey Book is excellent to read and take notes of questions to ask.
Take it slowly when you can concentrate, it is emotionally draining digesting all this information, and I can only do it in small doses before it all becomes too much and I have to stop.
But each time I build up a bit more knowledge and understanding.
Reading other people's posts on here too really helps me to gain more understanding and knowledge.
There are wonderful people on here who have regrettably had a lot of experience on this Cancer roller coaster and happily answer questions.
Ask anything, and I really hope it helps you, Jennie
I am at a similar stage to you, though no one has mentioned a PET scan to me.
I am still waiting for my bone and body scan results.
I have copies of my pathology reports both from the scans and biopsies prior to surgery and pathology on the cancers removed during surgery.
I am trying to understand them so I know what sort of cancer I am dealing with.
I feel this will help me understand the Chemo I will be prescribed, what it is aimed at and what it is supposed to do.
I am slowly making sense of the reports and thankfully have a friend in pathology to ask anything that confuses me. There are a few good websites too that can explain the various report findings.
When I see the Oncologist, one of the first questions I will ask him is to explain the after surgery pathology report, and what it means in terms of the type of cancer I have.
this is so I am sure I understand it.
if you don't have a copy of your pathology reports, and you want one, you can get them from your GP or surgeon.
my pathology lists
ER +ve. 3+
PR +Ve 3+
HER 2 is confusing as one report says Equivocal, one says positive and one says negative.
so I am hoping with the oncologist explaining I will understand better.
The My Journey Book is excellent to read and take notes of questions to ask.
Take it slowly when you can concentrate, it is emotionally draining digesting all this information, and I can only do it in small doses before it all becomes too much and I have to stop.
But each time I build up a bit more knowledge and understanding.
Reading other people's posts on here too really helps me to gain more understanding and knowledge.
There are wonderful people on here who have regrettably had a lot of experience on this Cancer roller coaster and happily answer questions.
Ask anything, and I really hope it helps you, Jennie