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AnneMP
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13 years ago

On my way to recovery part 2

Day 6 after surgery and feeling the blues, reports are back and there was an invasive tumor, all has been removed which is good and lymph nodes are clear which is great. Will need to start tamoxifen in a few weeks and then another hormone injection (sorry the name slips my mind at the moment) this will put me into a false menopause to stop the ovaries from working, these may need to be removed down the track. Drainage tubes have stopped working so I'm blowing up like a ballon so back to theatre in the morning to have new drains put in. People weren't exaggerating when they said its not easy! Again I still feel lucky that its was caught early and all of this is prevention of it returning. Lets hope it stays away!

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  • Jennt28's avatar
    Jennt28
    Member
    13 years ago
    Hope you stop "fluiding" soon :-/ Good news about the nodes :-) Jenn
  • phoebe's avatar
    phoebe
    Member
    13 years ago

    hi,your story sounds all to familiar. I am 42 Years old and l just happened to go for a routine mamogram just because l thought l needed too( because l was in my forties) This one mamagram saved me. What they found was Dcis and at that point it was only in one place. Their recommendation was a lumpectomy with radiotherapy. They went ahead with this procedure, and a week later when pathology came back and l went in to see my surgeon, he told me they also found extensive Dcis and a 8mm invasive tumor. l was in shock, because all along they reassured me it was just Dcis ( and they kept saying Dcis is not refered to as a cancer) That is when they decided a mastectomy is what l needed and that went ahead. Anyway results came through it wasnt in the lymph nodes, therefore no chemo or radio was recommended, but l am required to take tamoxifen.All of this happened in March and April of this year, how time flies, but it still seems raw and l do still have my teary moments at times.I found the draining tubes pretty much a nuisance and painful when they came out, especially because l had two.I recovered pretty quickly and returned to work three weeks later, which l now regret (thats another story)

    Anyway good luck with your remainder time in hospital,hoping all goes well

     

  • phoebe's avatar
    phoebe
    Member
    13 years ago

    hi,your story sounds all to familiar. I am 42 Years old and l just happened to go for a routine mamogram just because l thought l needed too( because l was in my forties) This one mamagram saved me. What they found was Dcis and at that point it was only in one place. Their recommendation was a lumpectomy with radiotherapy. They went ahead with this procedure, and a week later when pathology came back and l went in to see my surgeon, he told me they also found extensive Dcis and a 8mm invasive tumor. l was in shock, because all along they reassured me it was just Dcis ( and they kept saying Dcis is not refered to as a cancer) That is when they decided a mastectomy is what l needed and that went ahead. Anyway results came through it wasnt in the lymph nodes, therefore no chemo or radio was recommended, but l am required to take tamoxifen.All of this happened in March and April of this year, how time flies, but it still seems raw and l do still have my teary moments at times.I found the draining tubes pretty much a nuisance and painful when they came out, especially because l had two.I recovered pretty quickly and returned to work three weeks later, which l now regret (thats another story)

    Anyway good luck with your remainder time in hospital,hoping all goes well