Hi all,
I am new to the group but feeling like i need to reach out to the community and hopefully find somebody who has had a similar experience to me - here is a brief history of my journey so far;
- 2016 (age 32) diagnosed with grade 3 DCIS, i had a bi-lateral mastectomy (i opted to have healthy breast removed), and results showed grade 1 cancer. I have been on Tamoxifen since the surgery as im hormone receptive (hopefully thats the right terminology!).
- 2019 i noticed a lump on the breast where the cancer orginally was, had an ultrasound and they said it was scar tissue
- 2020 the lump has been playing on my mind so i went back to the breast clinic, they did an mri and biopsy - initially they thought it was scar tissue around my implant, but the biopsy has shown grade 2 cancer. Initial plan is for further surgery to remove more tissue, and then radiotherapy, but on the ultrasound one of my lymph nodes was looking enlarged, i've had a biopsy but i guess if that comes back positive then i'll be on the road for chemo.
This all happened yesterday so im still going through a wave of emotions which i hope will stabilise over the next week - more so i guess when i get the results of the biopsy and really know whats happening. I dont think its the treatment so much that is worrying me, but more anxiety of what could lie ahead....at 37 years old i feel like im quite young for this to have happened again? i have 2 children and a loving husband and im sick with worry that my life is going to be cut short - not quite sure how to stop feeling like this and live each day as it comes and make the most of the now?
Sorry for the long post - would love to hear from anybody who has a similar story, or just to chat.
Thank you
Sarah x
Hi Sarah
I'm really sorry to read about your breast cancer recurrence. It must be an incredibly hard time for you and your family.
I don't have any experiences with this to share with you but I noticed that your post hadn't had any responses yet. By replying to you it will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussions list again.
I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also post this in the main breast cancer group as it's a lot busier than this one and I'm sure you'll get a reply if you post there. Clicking on the link I've created will take you there if this is something that you'd like to do and you could copy and paste your post to save you typing it out again.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
x
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