Hi Jodie, My name is Ann and I live in Melbourne. I am sorry to hear that you have received this diagnosis after the testing and now on a treatment pathway. I had a similar diagnosis and my lump was ten o'clock on my left breast. The lump was excised in mid July and I had three weeks of radiotherapy in early September. With good advice from my breast care nurse, surgeon and the radiotherapy nurses, I learned to look after the scar and the skin during radiation, In my case, the breast looks the same as before surgery and only the scar remains on my left breast and a faint scar where my lymph nodes were removed. Hold on to the positive and to hope. I was also very worried that my breast may have been disfigured. However, this is not the case and I am full of gratitude to the expertise of breast conserving surgery. Using information from BCNA and Cancer Council was helpful and not going down the unending path of Dr Google. All the very best for your surgery soon. Contacting a breast care nurse may be very helpful at this time.
Cheers
Ann
