Newly diagnosed at 32 and Brca1 +
Hi all,
I would like to share my journey so far too. I keep reading all these amazing posts and I 've been drawn so much power from all of you!!!
I 've recently relocated from UK to Sydney with my husband and our little daughter and we were really happy to enjoy our new full of sunshine life here.
I have had some abnormal bleeding since we first arrived and I decided to visit a GP. I 've been really cautious with any symptoms as I 've lost my mum from ovarian cancer and was tested positive with the Brca1 gene. I have also tested positive few years back but all the doctors in UK were reassuring me that I am too young to get any type of cancer at this moment.
I was terrified that I had ovarian cancer, I had an ultrasound and I couldn't sleep until I got the results back. Long story short I 've had they found a polyp and a cyst. Few weeks later I had another ultrasound to see if anything changed, the cyst was gone but the polyp was still there and they booked me in to have a day surgery to remove it.
Following all this testing my GP (thank god) suggested me to have a breast ultrasound too just for screening.
They found a tiny cyst and suggested to have a biopsy done just to put my mind at ease. Her actual words was - "If it was someone else I wouldn't suggest a biopsy, it is definitely a cyst, but because of your history I would suggest you to have it done just to put your mind at ease"!!!
Results came back, triple negative breast cancer!!! I just couldn't believe it !!! I just had a baby! I am so young, how it is even possible!!!
I couldn't sleep or eat for 2 days (I 've got the results back on Saturday) until I met the doc on Monday. She reassured me that it is curable and I should calm down and I did. I started feeling lucky, happy that I was in Australia and I found it so early. If I was in UK I would probably found it when it would have be a massive lump. (They don't check you if you have no symptoms).
I have started AC chemos last week and they are going really well. Minimum side effects at the moment and still no hair loss. Does anyone know when you start loosing hair with AC?
I will get 2 cycles of chemos following with double mastectomy as even with an early stage cancer I have lots of chances for recurrence.
With love
Catherine
I would like to share my journey so far too. I keep reading all these amazing posts and I 've been drawn so much power from all of you!!!
I 've recently relocated from UK to Sydney with my husband and our little daughter and we were really happy to enjoy our new full of sunshine life here.
I have had some abnormal bleeding since we first arrived and I decided to visit a GP. I 've been really cautious with any symptoms as I 've lost my mum from ovarian cancer and was tested positive with the Brca1 gene. I have also tested positive few years back but all the doctors in UK were reassuring me that I am too young to get any type of cancer at this moment.
I was terrified that I had ovarian cancer, I had an ultrasound and I couldn't sleep until I got the results back. Long story short I 've had they found a polyp and a cyst. Few weeks later I had another ultrasound to see if anything changed, the cyst was gone but the polyp was still there and they booked me in to have a day surgery to remove it.
Following all this testing my GP (thank god) suggested me to have a breast ultrasound too just for screening.
They found a tiny cyst and suggested to have a biopsy done just to put my mind at ease. Her actual words was - "If it was someone else I wouldn't suggest a biopsy, it is definitely a cyst, but because of your history I would suggest you to have it done just to put your mind at ease"!!!
Results came back, triple negative breast cancer!!! I just couldn't believe it !!! I just had a baby! I am so young, how it is even possible!!!
I couldn't sleep or eat for 2 days (I 've got the results back on Saturday) until I met the doc on Monday. She reassured me that it is curable and I should calm down and I did. I started feeling lucky, happy that I was in Australia and I found it so early. If I was in UK I would probably found it when it would have be a massive lump. (They don't check you if you have no symptoms).
I have started AC chemos last week and they are going really well. Minimum side effects at the moment and still no hair loss. Does anyone know when you start loosing hair with AC?
I will get 2 cycles of chemos following with double mastectomy as even with an early stage cancer I have lots of chances for recurrence.
With love
Catherine
