Well I had the core biopsy last night as well as a chest xray. The xray was clear. I should get the results of the biopsy by the end of the week, but the consultant is pretty sure it is a soft tissue sarcoma in the blood vessels.
The good news is that is has been so difficult to get a confirmed diagnosis because it is low grade in the early stages. Apparently its unusual to see it in the early stages because either the symptoms havent manifested themselves or they have been ignored or antibiotics are prescribed for an infection first. So this is good. Not soon enough to save the breast but it is unlikely to have spread yet.
I've told my daughters now (33 and 36) as you can guess they were very upset and cross that I hadn't told them before. I'm going to introduce one of them to this site tomorrow so she can gain some comfort.
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Hi Sharry, Emma here,
Well some welcome news at last, so pleased for you. At least they have got things early on.
I will keep reading your blog. Keep us informed, thinking of you and wishing you the best.
I have my op, radical mastectomy here in France on June 23rd in Bordeaux, getting really jittery about it and worrying what I will look like afterwards.
we wish you all the best and like everyone else we are in your corner,never easy to tell your children the bad news whatever it is.
Note from Steffy) my mum never told me she had cancer and I found out through the doctor by mistake, and then I could not talk to her about it because she obviously did not want us to know, to the day she died she never spoke about what was wrong with her, it was so very hard. when I got breast cancer I made sure I told my children, they have to come to terms with it themselves, it is hard for them to know that a loved one is having to deal with cancer, and they will feel at a loss at first, but in time will become your greatest strength. I hope they read this.
