Just an update of everything. Diagnosed Sept 23rd with stage 2 HER2+ DCIS Initially after ct scan/mri lump was measured as 13mm...Single mastectomy on the 10th Nov, recovering well...went for my check up 2 days ago...the pathology results are just wow, we never anticipated how big it really was...well the invasive area was actually 26mm, the total area including previous number was actually 92mm! Wow, nobody expected those numbers, none of the scan picked it up, missed opportunity in April as that is when I first went to the hospital. 3 sentinel nodes biopsied and 1 out of those 3 showed cancerous cells, I'm having to have chemotherapy, Herceptin, Radiotherapy and also because it's showing hormone positive I also have to have tamoxifen for upto 10 years to reduce the risk of it reoccurring in my remaining breast. I'm just thankfull I stuck to my instincts and continued to go to the doctors regarding the lump as it would have never been found as everybody was saying it was a swollen gland, there is an ongoing investigation into my case. I'm thinking positive and won't let the cancer win.....if you read this far thank you, much love to you all going through this horrible disease xx
