@Eunyoung @kmakm @primek. Hi there. Thanks ladies for tagging me in this post. Nice to chat to you guys again. @Eunyoung I’m brisbane Northside too but had treatment at Redcliffe. I’ll tell you my story and I’ll pm you also.
I had a routine mammogram end of April 2016 aged 43 I had a fibroadenonoma like you the year before that I was told was benign so was just following up and I had lumpy boobs so was having yearly mamms since turning 40. No family history either. I’m a nurse like you too.
When I was told my results of my mammogram (triple neg) I was referred to Redcliffe for surgery but I decided to see dr rod borrowdale privately as he does private and public breast surgery and he put me on his public list so that sped things up for me I had surgery publically at Redcliffe within three weeks would of had it sooner but dr borrowdale went away. He was great. I knew I wouldn’t get the stage or the grade until post op with the oncologist. I saw dr Kieran bigby and still do 6 monthly.
So my formal diagnosis was stage 2a grade 3 (3cm) triple neg left breast no lymph nodes involved and all scans clear. I chose to have a mastectomy so I only needed chemo and not radiation as well. (My choice) I then had a prophlaxis mastectomy of my right breast as my guts told me too and I’ve decided not to do the recon. You will need to get your results first to know what’s best for you. Please remember this is what I did i and you will need to get advice from your surgeon and oncol to see what’s best for you. Please feel free to ask me any questions and like I said I’ll PM you.
Hang in there love once you get a plan you will feel better. It can be advantageous having a nursing background but can also be a pain in the arse as we know too much. We will catch up for sure. Whatever the outcome you’ve got this and no matter what there is always someone on this forum to hold your head up out of the shit creek that is breast cancer. It is doable. Big hug. Margie x
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