Triple positive invasive lobular carcinoma

Hi Donna_B 

So sorry to see you join our select little club - the one we never thought we'd ever join :(   Bummer that this is your 2nd diagnosis tho.  :(   Out of interest - were you given immunotherapy for your melanoma treatment?  I hope you are recovering well from your surgery & have a good support network around you xx

Did you speak to your Oncologist for their opinion as well as the surgeon, prior to the decision not to have neoadjuvant therapy?  Only some with BC (or indeed many other cancers) have treatment prior to surgery - and it can depend on a whole raft of things ... from the size, grade and stage of the tumour, plus other considerations .... Some who are HER2+ are given it, not everyone tho.
Here is a document about it it .... it mentions Triple Negative diagnoses, not Triple Positive.
https://www.eviq.org.au/getmedia/5c597e41-f1c5-43f4-8164-971a1d9b1795/1645-Anti-cancer-therapy-before-breast-cancer-surgery-neoadjuvant-v5.pdf.aspx

Have you been assigned a Breast Cancer Nurse yet?  You may like to discuss it with her - but as you've already had your surgery, it is more for your own understanding of the decision! 

I was 'lucky' and with an Invasive Lobular Cancer diagnosis, I bypassed chemo & only needed a lumpectomy followed by radiation & I am just coming off 7 years of hormone blockers.  This disease (as you'll know from your initial melanoma diagnosis) mucks with your brain, even more than your body ..... so it can take a while to become 'comfortable' with the diagnosis & treatment plan.   

If you find yourself sad, worried, upset - please consider listening to both Charlotte Tottman's and Raelene Boyle's discussions here ....
Charlotte Tottman is a 'psycho Oncologist' who counsels women with Breast Cancer .... and was diagnosed herself in 2018, having a double mastectomy, no reconstruction. She is Very easy to listen to as she 'get it'.
Raelene Boyle has had multiple cancer diagnoses .... her video is compulsive viewing! (Copy & paste this link into a new window ...)
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussions/general-lifestyle-and-wellbeing/listening-to-raelene-boyles-podcast-is-well-worth-it-as-well-as-charlotte-tottma/140928

Feel free to also check out this thread that has a lot of interesting links in it & info on the forum .... we have some 'social' threads that you might like to check out too!  Also some 'tick sheets' for keeping track of your mental and physical health xx
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Take care & all the best