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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Hello @MrsMorrisey. I’m a bit similar to you in having Stage 2 IDC with no node involvement, thankfully.I had the original lumpectomy followed by 2 re-excisions in the space of 3 weeks, because what was thought to be a 8mm mass turned out to be more like 16mm and was rather poetically described after the first re-excision as being in “a dust cloud of DCIS”. Because the tumour was a mite greater than 15mm, the option of chemo (in addition to rads and tabs) was laid on the table. Like you, I’ve opted to do the Oncotype testing and probably have at least another two weeks wait for results. My natural instinct was to adopt a scorched earth approach and have chemo - my tendency is to always choose the hard road - but I am trying to be very deliberate in considering the risks/benefits of chemo. Would you mind me asking you if you found that the Oncotype results helped your decision making?