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Thankfully I know more this time.
So, 7 and a bit years after a Stage 3 E+ PR+ breast cancer diagnosis in the left breast, I am facing some changes in the right breast. Picked up in yearly mammogram/ultrasound. Nobody has suggested it is cancer just yet but given my history I am booked in for a core biopsy next Monday.
I am very clear in my head about what this means for me. I have been happy with my choice of single mastectomy for the last 7 years but am not about to take any chances with the remaining breast. Regardless of the results of the biopsy, it’s days are numbered. Monitoring changes in a very dense breast is not what I want. Having had a mastectomy I am quite ok about having a second one, especially if that is all I need. The changes are new since my mammogram and ultrasound last year.
I am very clear in my head about what this means for me. I have been happy with my choice of single mastectomy for the last 7 years but am not about to take any chances with the remaining breast. Regardless of the results of the biopsy, it’s days are numbered. Monitoring changes in a very dense breast is not what I want. Having had a mastectomy I am quite ok about having a second one, especially if that is all I need. The changes are new since my mammogram and ultrasound last year.
Just goes to show that keeping up our regular checks is sooo important, even in our current Covid 19 world.
Very reassured by the excellent treatment of my situation by the staff at the Radiology facility this morning. I was treated respectfully and everything was clearly explained right then and there.
As you can imagine though, I am finding it hard to concentrate on anything else at the moment. Will be glad when the biopsy is done and we have the results. But I am sure that a mastectomy is what I want regardless.
As you can imagine though, I am finding it hard to concentrate on anything else at the moment. Will be glad when the biopsy is done and we have the results. But I am sure that a mastectomy is what I want regardless.
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- That's excellent news @Deanne, I do know how you feel about "did they get the right spot" after my debarcle.
- That's great news @Deanne.
- The best news @Deanne!
- Great news @Deanne. I bet it is a nice feeling to have that time to think things through and discuss them with your doctor. The first time around everything is such a rush and medicos are in a panic to get things done that one's feet don't touch the floor.
Now you can sit and relax with a nice drink (?) to end the week. - Deanne said:No cancer, or precancerous changes even, found in core biopsies. Just fibrous breast tissue and a haematoma. So, big relief but still some questions for my surgeon. Is she sure they got the right spot? The haematoma puzzles me as I can not remember any recent bumps etc. I wonder was it from the mammogram the previous week?
I have learned over the past 7 years that everybody’s situation is unique. What is right for one person is not right for another. There are a number of things unique to me that are now giving me reason to consider things that previously I had not thought were right for me.I am so happy that there seems to be no urgency to act right now but am looking forward to discussing my preferred choice with my surgeon sometime soon.Thank-you everyone for the support. It is so good to be able to make contact with people who really do understand how hard these waiting times are. :) <3
Wow that is great news, so happy for you sending hugs xx - Awesome news indeed Deanne! You can rest easy now and discuss your options with less stress now.
All the best xxx - awesome news Deanne
- Excellent news, still some things to consider but you can now take your time. I don’t understand haematomas either - I’m on blood thinners and had a mildly alarming bleed nearly three days after a dental procedure. It seems to have been a haematoma but no swelling, discomfort or any other sort of warning. All fixed including use of a surface anticoagulant that looks like a small yellow insulation bat and is, I am informed, made of seaweed. Something more for the weird file.
- Fantastic news! Very happy and relieved for you 😊
- No cancer, or precancerous changes even, found in core biopsies. Just fibrous breast tissue and a haematoma. So, big relief but still some questions for my surgeon. Is she sure they got the right spot? The haematoma puzzles me as I can not remember any recent bumps etc. I wonder was it from the mammogram the previous week?
I have learned over the past 7 years that everybody’s situation is unique. What is right for one person is not right for another. There are a number of things unique to me that are now giving me reason to consider things that previously I had not thought were right for me.I am so happy that there seems to be no urgency to act right now but am looking forward to discussing my preferred choice with my surgeon sometime soon.Thank-you everyone for the support. It is so good to be able to make contact with people who really do understand how hard these waiting times are. :) <3
