Trying to make sense of it all.....
What I am feeling like at the moment, as I wait is that sometimes I feel like - I am not wording this so well, sometimes I feel like a bit of a fraud - being Grade1 and probably Stage 1 as well - mayb...
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Hi Janine60, so I'll give my post another go since I screwed up the first one, thought it posted and it didn't. I was dx 21st Dec, 2017 with stage 1, grade 1A bc, hormone positive and Her2 negative so not the worst diagnosis but a cancer diagnosis always seems to incite fear.
In 2010 my eldest daughter (Rachel) @ 27 yrs was dx with 3rd stage bc (no family history prior to this that we know of). As she was so young obviously it was devastating news and as a mum watching her go through the various treatments I was heartbroken. (She is a type 1 diabetic since 9 yrs old). My youngest daughter, (Jessica) and I are also type 1 diabetics (juvenile diabetes). Remembering Rachel's struggles through Mastectomy within 3 weeks of dx followed by IVF, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and finally reconstruction which she had major problems and had to remove tissue expanders for six months and re-do the whole thing again left me very wary. Now that I have told you about our short history in bc. I am always curious to read how other people feel, react and cope with their individual cases trying to find leveling ground for my own feelings.
My lumpectomy (plus Sentinel Node biopsy - clear) was on 10th Jan, 2018 and at my follow up appt Dr. advised there wasn't a clear margin and he'd have to go in again and remove more tissue. I am 10 days post this and all is well awaiting Radiotherapy consultation on Wednesday. It all seems pretty straightforward according to my doctor and so many friends etc. I feel totally well and coping really fine, yet every now and then feeling a bit shell shocked - am I a wimp? I don't know, maybe I am.
All that being said I realise I'm quite lucky in that my treatment is way less than my poor daughter and the prognosis is great. My only question at this time is about the five years hormone treatment - I knew Tamoxifen was an option but my doctor has prescribed Femara which I heard had much worse side effects than Tamoxifen. I realise everyone is different so it may not be the case for me. Does anyone have any information or they can share with me on this? I am telling this story now so that I can look back in a few months/years time and hopefully go, wow so glad it's all over!!!
Thanks for reading my little blurb.
61 yrs young_dx 21/12/2017
Stage 1_Grade 1A_IDC_no lymph nodes involved
Hormone positive and HER2 negative
Lumpectomy 10/1/2018
Re-excision 24/1/2018
Radiotherapy - yet to happen
Femara for five years
In 2010 my eldest daughter (Rachel) @ 27 yrs was dx with 3rd stage bc (no family history prior to this that we know of). As she was so young obviously it was devastating news and as a mum watching her go through the various treatments I was heartbroken. (She is a type 1 diabetic since 9 yrs old). My youngest daughter, (Jessica) and I are also type 1 diabetics (juvenile diabetes). Remembering Rachel's struggles through Mastectomy within 3 weeks of dx followed by IVF, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and finally reconstruction which she had major problems and had to remove tissue expanders for six months and re-do the whole thing again left me very wary. Now that I have told you about our short history in bc. I am always curious to read how other people feel, react and cope with their individual cases trying to find leveling ground for my own feelings.
My lumpectomy (plus Sentinel Node biopsy - clear) was on 10th Jan, 2018 and at my follow up appt Dr. advised there wasn't a clear margin and he'd have to go in again and remove more tissue. I am 10 days post this and all is well awaiting Radiotherapy consultation on Wednesday. It all seems pretty straightforward according to my doctor and so many friends etc. I feel totally well and coping really fine, yet every now and then feeling a bit shell shocked - am I a wimp? I don't know, maybe I am.
All that being said I realise I'm quite lucky in that my treatment is way less than my poor daughter and the prognosis is great. My only question at this time is about the five years hormone treatment - I knew Tamoxifen was an option but my doctor has prescribed Femara which I heard had much worse side effects than Tamoxifen. I realise everyone is different so it may not be the case for me. Does anyone have any information or they can share with me on this? I am telling this story now so that I can look back in a few months/years time and hopefully go, wow so glad it's all over!!!
Thanks for reading my little blurb.
61 yrs young_dx 21/12/2017
Stage 1_Grade 1A_IDC_no lymph nodes involved
Hormone positive and HER2 negative
Lumpectomy 10/1/2018
Re-excision 24/1/2018
Radiotherapy - yet to happen
Femara for five years