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Recently Diagnosed
Hi everyone. Im new to all this Breast Cancer Thing! I have just in the last week been diagnosed with Early Breast Cancer! -Thru having a "routine mammogram"..Was a shock! And am still "Trying to get ...
@Victoria1 Hello! and Welcome to you, it is incredibly daunting, frightening and plain confronting. The emotional roller coaster is absolutely normal whether you are emotional normally or not. Your world as you knew it has been turned upside down, so many 'what ifs' and uncertainties...it's only natural.
First thing to do is take a deep breath...it's just too overwhelming otherwise, once you have definitive pathology and diagnosis you won't know exactly what it is and treatment. Early can mean alot of things. My first diagnosis was DCIS, that's the earliest you can get. My 2nd diagnosis 4yrs later was IDC Stage 2, Grade 3 ER+. Being Grade 3 was chemo, no rads as I did that for DCIS and you cannot do it twice. I am now 2yrs clear :) No, IDC just means it's made it out of the duct and into tissue,it doesn't mean a terminal diagnosis. It's so hard to not get panicked, but ask away honestly, and we can help settle you. You're going to be ok...that's the first thing to know.. Hugs Melinda xo
First thing to do is take a deep breath...it's just too overwhelming otherwise, once you have definitive pathology and diagnosis you won't know exactly what it is and treatment. Early can mean alot of things. My first diagnosis was DCIS, that's the earliest you can get. My 2nd diagnosis 4yrs later was IDC Stage 2, Grade 3 ER+. Being Grade 3 was chemo, no rads as I did that for DCIS and you cannot do it twice. I am now 2yrs clear :) No, IDC just means it's made it out of the duct and into tissue,it doesn't mean a terminal diagnosis. It's so hard to not get panicked, but ask away honestly, and we can help settle you. You're going to be ok...that's the first thing to know.. Hugs Melinda xo