Pathology report not what I expected....
After having a massive tumour removed from my right breast last Monday (25/8) I got back my pathology results today and they were not what I was expecting. I thought my main concern was if there was a clear margin or not and if I needed to have a mastectomy. I had a breast reduction as way of surgery brining my g cup down to a d cup.
It turns out that this is the least of my worries. The tumour was greater than 100mm across and weighed about 710g. The mind boggling thing is I only found it about 6 weeks ago.
It is stage 3 grade 2 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, 9 out of 12 lymph nodes were effected and in some extranodal spread present (0.7mm)
There was only a 1mm clearance but my surgeon said that at the moment, that is enough, it is more important to get the chemo going.
I honestly didn't even think that there was a chance that the cancer could have spread. My surgeon said that it is a minimal chance that it has but that it means that my battle may have just got a bit harder. He said that I will be looking at 6 months of strong chemo and radiation to both my breast and arm pit.
I tested positive for both ER and PR.
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar pathology result and could tell me about their experience.
My head has been spinning since I received my diagnoses but after today it feels like it might explode. I'm 37 yrs old with an awesome hubby and 2 gorgeous children (10 and 6) who I want to spend a very long life with.
Thanks xx