I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I had breast surgery to remove a tumour. I remember having bloods test beforehand but don't know what they were testing.

As the online community is divided into different support groups I'm going to recommend that you join and post your question in the breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have the same type of cancer as you. 

To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and proposed treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. 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.