Hi all, my first time posting so here is my story...
I’m 36 and was breastfeeding my 5 month old baby when I started to get pain in my breast and armpit. This is December 2019. I finally get an appointment to see my GP on 31st December who diagnosed mastitis (despite no ‘normal’ symptoms of this) and gave me antibiotics. This did nothing and I was back and forth over the next 3 weeks until eventually the doctor did a referral. By this stage I could see a slight change in the shape of my breast. I saw the breast surgeon on 8th February 2020 who advised me lumpy tissue from breastfeeding however agreed for an ultrasound for my peace of mind....an hour later telling me it’s highly likely that I have breast cancer and that it was likely in my lymph nodes too. I had the result confirmed on 14th Feb, 1.4cm grade 2 HER2 positive oestrogen result 4 so mid range. Biopsy of lymph nodes following week was positive.
I was due to start chemo on 16th March and it was cancelled. Due to have an op on 1st April and that was cancelled. I finally had my op last Wednesday on 22nd April. I’m healing well and am due to see my consultant in 10 days. I am however freaking out about how long this has taken and how long I can expect to wait for my chemo. My CT scan was clear mid February but I had a lump come up in my groin about 3 weeks ago and my breast nurse hasn’t felt it but said highly unlikely to be related and said mention to surgeon when I see him next.
I’ve done the stupid thing of googling about chemo after surgery and the return rates for breast cancer within 5 years if you don’t get your chemo within 30 days of surgery. I’m just so hoping he says I have healed well enough to start straight away.
