When Breast Cancer Spreads to Ovary
I am looking for other women who have experienced a similar journey to me. I was diagnosed with what they thought was breast cancer in 2008 but they never found my primary cancer. They did find can...
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Hi Janice,
Thanks for responding. Your comments about the lobular breast cancer are very interesting. In fact, I am seeing my breast surgeon tomorrow to get my breast MRI results which I had done a week ago, and so will definitely ask her about this. It is quite amazing at how different doctors do treat the disease but then I guess not all cases are the same and that is something that my doctors have definitely repeated to me time and time again. The only good thing that has come out of all of this for me now is that because they found cancer in my ovary, I am now eligible to have a yearly PETSCAN of my whole body; this is something that was not offered to me back in 2008 when they could not find my primary cancer. In hindsight though, I think it would have been a good idea, although even a CT scan of my whole body didn't pick it up back then either, so go figure!!!
Also, I did ask my oncologist about having my ovaries removed about two years ago and she kept telling me it wasn't necessary and that they were keeping an eye on this via blood tests, etc...
Thanks again and take care,
Connie.