Recently diagnosed triple neg & due for masectomy
Hi
I've been reading a few posts which has been really informative and positive. Thank you.
Recently I was diagnosed with BC, which was a whirlwind on first mammogram to lumpectomy and auxillary clearance.
Initially it was difficult to understand how I could get BC as I had no family history, recently finished breast feeding my last baby and eat fairly well. Now I'm ok with it, by example of having drawn the short straw of 1 out of 8 women getting BC.
After my surgery I was called in a week early to the surgeon and told that my breast wasn't clear of cancer and now we needed to do a masectomy. It was quite a shock. My results had also changed in that from the biopsy I was told I was estrogen positive but now from the lumpectomy results I was triple negative. I don't really understand how it can change, so hoping to get some answers from the doctor.
Now the shock of needing a masectomy is over I have booked a appoint with the surgeon to see if I can get my other breast removed too at the same time. As I feel quite uneasy about it getting BC in that one too. Really not sure if the doctor will do this or not.
Good news is though that I won't need radiation, only chemo. Would rather not chemo as well, but also don't want any of those cancer cells running around my body anymore.
Anyway hoping when my treatment starts, it goes by super fast. There is never any time for the mum to be sick. I have 4 children and a wonderful husband, and am planning ahead to when this BC is behind me.