Hi @Luli sorry you find yourself here. It is such an overwhelming and frightening experience to find out about breast cancer.
Decisions about your breasts and whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy are difficult but these ultimately are your decisions after weighing up all the information along with your dr advice.
I had a grade 3 aggressive growing cancer in my right breast. My surgeon said he could do either lumpectomy or mastectomy but he seemed confident that he could get my 1.8mm cancer out. I decided on a lumpectomy. I have large dense breasts. I had my surgery and my lymph were ok. Relief on some level there. I then started 4 months of chemo, 1 month radium and now hormone suppression.
Because of my grade 3 cells and my pathology had a high risk of return my hormone suppression is actually 60% of my treatment. I was diagnosed in April 2020. I had surgery in may 2020, then chem from June to September, radium in October. In Nov 2020 I started tamoxifen. That was ok until this yr when side effects kicked in. My oncologist gave me a 6 week break and then I started on Letrozole. So far not too bad.
I know it scary but just get through one step at a time, day by day, decision by decision and go with that. I share my story to show you can change hormone treatment if needed.
Our cancers are all unique to each person and treatment is designed just for you so it's hard to compare and advise. Trust your medical team. Don't read Google. Try some exercise and keep busy so your mind doesn't play too many tricks on you.
This forum is excellent and I can't recommend it enough. It sure helped me and still does. Best wishes.
