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melclarity
9 years agoMember
@nonkyboy sounds like you will be very busy, but at least you are on your way with a plan. Things will be clearer once you get pathology back from your lumpectomy, treatment can also change, so step at a time.
@steplightly you sound very level headed and taking it in your stride, I've been through the works in 6yrs, and wanted to say that both of my diagnosis in 2011 and 2015 were not picked up in mammogram but were in ultrasound, can be quite common and most don't have a lump at all.
@Romla You are correct, nothing is definitive until a lumpectomy, biopsies are only a piece of the puzzle, for me both times were useless. Thankfully I have an amazing Surgeon who I trust implicitly if it werent for his gut feeling of ignoring the original biopsy results I hate to think where Id be. A lumpectomy confirmed his suspicions as biopsy showed nothing as they missed it. :/ Chemo is derived from what Grade the Tumor is, so I was Stage 2 but Grade 3 which is automatic Chemo my Oncologist said, plus mine was a recurrence in the same spot after having radiation 4yrs earlier and tamoxifen. I now have Osteoporosis since Chemo LOL to be honest I wouldnt know, and am on 2 Prolia injections a year. I take powdered magnesium and caltrate in water every day, Vit D & C. Working with an Exercise Physiologist which is awesome...am really starting to kick goals now. Oh and on Aromasin, switched from Arimidex but their side effects are the same, oh well.
Hugs everyone, you will absolutely get through one foot in front of the other and out the other side wondering how on earth you did it!!! Lifes good if you keep going. xxx Melinda
@steplightly you sound very level headed and taking it in your stride, I've been through the works in 6yrs, and wanted to say that both of my diagnosis in 2011 and 2015 were not picked up in mammogram but were in ultrasound, can be quite common and most don't have a lump at all.
@Romla You are correct, nothing is definitive until a lumpectomy, biopsies are only a piece of the puzzle, for me both times were useless. Thankfully I have an amazing Surgeon who I trust implicitly if it werent for his gut feeling of ignoring the original biopsy results I hate to think where Id be. A lumpectomy confirmed his suspicions as biopsy showed nothing as they missed it. :/ Chemo is derived from what Grade the Tumor is, so I was Stage 2 but Grade 3 which is automatic Chemo my Oncologist said, plus mine was a recurrence in the same spot after having radiation 4yrs earlier and tamoxifen. I now have Osteoporosis since Chemo LOL to be honest I wouldnt know, and am on 2 Prolia injections a year. I take powdered magnesium and caltrate in water every day, Vit D & C. Working with an Exercise Physiologist which is awesome...am really starting to kick goals now. Oh and on Aromasin, switched from Arimidex but their side effects are the same, oh well.
Hugs everyone, you will absolutely get through one foot in front of the other and out the other side wondering how on earth you did it!!! Lifes good if you keep going. xxx Melinda