UPDATE ON MY JOURNEY
hello all,
Well, since my journey started, it has definitely been a whirlwind. In 4 weeks I have had another Mammogram, Ultrasound and Biopsy, with a Haemotoma to-boot. I have been back to get my ...
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Hi all,
Well it has been many many months since I have posted/updated on the site. July was my last post. On July 28th I had my bilateral breast reduction. (I went from a DD to a B cup) but the Ca. is gone (fingers crossed). On the day of my operation the surgeon Dr Lucia Saliba found out that I had Sentinal Node involvement.. it turned out to be 44% KI 67. So that meant I was going to have to have chemo... it turns out the Ca. I have/had was aggressive after all... Grade 2 42mm but first diagnosed at 33mm. I only had 1 node involved..
Surgery done under the public system and could not complain at all about the treatment. Still getting used to the B cup tho tho, she even saved my nipples which im happy about.
2 weeks after surgery I was back at work... and the only other break has been over Christmas for 3 weeks while i had radiotherapy which i got pneumonia during it and was not well... but got through it. I had 2 doses of FEC and lost all my hair. that was devastating and I hated it.. and then the Oncologist put me on Pacletaxal and I chose to do only 3 doses.
(I dont think i need to justify my decision, so i wont). I had 16 days of Radiotherapy = 160 doses.. and finished that 3 weeks ago tomorrow (Monday). My hair started growing but around late Nov and I now have enough to not worry about scarves and hats...but I still hate having short short hair.
So,I was suppose to have started Tamoxifen but I have decided to wait for a few months and see what my body does first. I know it will suppress the Cancer if there is anything there... but again my choice. Apparently I am post menopausal which i had no idea I was ... thinking i was peri so this has been a good thing ...
Well here I am Feb 5th and started this journey on June 6th,,, tomorrow will be 8 months and it has been a journey I wish on no one but it seems it just keeps happening... I have learnt so much about Cancer and treatments and emotions and everything else to go with it.. i can tell you all about side effects and feelings and it is something as a nurse I would hope I never had to do but it is real and it happened to me to give me this insight into all of this.. who knows what my future holds now but Ill get on with living and working and riding my bike and just talking about it to anyone who wants to hear so they are aware they are not alone and they can get through it being what ever choice they make.
oh and the one biggest thing that has been awesome out of all of this is my friendship with Cath whom I met on this site in July 16 and recommended Dr Saliba to me... she is one of my dearest and awesomeness friends and I love her to bits.
Well it has been many many months since I have posted/updated on the site. July was my last post. On July 28th I had my bilateral breast reduction. (I went from a DD to a B cup) but the Ca. is gone (fingers crossed). On the day of my operation the surgeon Dr Lucia Saliba found out that I had Sentinal Node involvement.. it turned out to be 44% KI 67. So that meant I was going to have to have chemo... it turns out the Ca. I have/had was aggressive after all... Grade 2 42mm but first diagnosed at 33mm. I only had 1 node involved..
Surgery done under the public system and could not complain at all about the treatment. Still getting used to the B cup tho tho, she even saved my nipples which im happy about.
2 weeks after surgery I was back at work... and the only other break has been over Christmas for 3 weeks while i had radiotherapy which i got pneumonia during it and was not well... but got through it. I had 2 doses of FEC and lost all my hair. that was devastating and I hated it.. and then the Oncologist put me on Pacletaxal and I chose to do only 3 doses.
(I dont think i need to justify my decision, so i wont). I had 16 days of Radiotherapy = 160 doses.. and finished that 3 weeks ago tomorrow (Monday). My hair started growing but around late Nov and I now have enough to not worry about scarves and hats...but I still hate having short short hair.
So,I was suppose to have started Tamoxifen but I have decided to wait for a few months and see what my body does first. I know it will suppress the Cancer if there is anything there... but again my choice. Apparently I am post menopausal which i had no idea I was ... thinking i was peri so this has been a good thing ...
Well here I am Feb 5th and started this journey on June 6th,,, tomorrow will be 8 months and it has been a journey I wish on no one but it seems it just keeps happening... I have learnt so much about Cancer and treatments and emotions and everything else to go with it.. i can tell you all about side effects and feelings and it is something as a nurse I would hope I never had to do but it is real and it happened to me to give me this insight into all of this.. who knows what my future holds now but Ill get on with living and working and riding my bike and just talking about it to anyone who wants to hear so they are aware they are not alone and they can get through it being what ever choice they make.
oh and the one biggest thing that has been awesome out of all of this is my friendship with Cath whom I met on this site in July 16 and recommended Dr Saliba to me... she is one of my dearest and awesomeness friends and I love her to bits.