The “journey” begins.
I was diagnosed with grade 2 IDC ER & PR + Her2- on 19/12. I am 50 years old, married with three teenagers at home, two homeschoolers, one working. I work as a nurse for NDIS. Getting the diagnosi...
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@MrsMorrisey.
No stress at all - I’m 54. I had 2 nodes positive (didn’t appear to be from ultrasound nor CAT / MRI scan, and this was discovered post surgery). I totally thought I was going to head down the chemo path, but my med onc recommended the Oncotype DX test. I looked into it and went ahead. It is expensive, but my recurrence score was low (10) so chemo was shown by this test not to be an affective treatment protocol. I was very stressed before I knew the result, but am very grateful that I was able to get this genome assay done (in the US) and that the result was positive for me.
No stress at all - I’m 54. I had 2 nodes positive (didn’t appear to be from ultrasound nor CAT / MRI scan, and this was discovered post surgery). I totally thought I was going to head down the chemo path, but my med onc recommended the Oncotype DX test. I looked into it and went ahead. It is expensive, but my recurrence score was low (10) so chemo was shown by this test not to be an affective treatment protocol. I was very stressed before I knew the result, but am very grateful that I was able to get this genome assay done (in the US) and that the result was positive for me.
I realise that there remains radio and years of endocrine therapy. I’ve been on artificial thyroid hormone since 1998 (total thyroidectomy then 3 x radio iodine treatments ending in 2004) so hormone therapy for years doesn’t phase me. We’ll - hasn’t so far (never say never, right?)
As @@TonyaM & @@arpie have said, one day at a time, and every path is similar yet different.
Absolute best wishes for your surgery.
Kelly
As @@TonyaM & @@arpie have said, one day at a time, and every path is similar yet different.
Absolute best wishes for your surgery.
Kelly