I have Brest cancer and I’m going crazy

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  1. Hello everyone!! Just found out 1 month ago that I have Brest cancer
     
    Provisional Histology
    Core biopsy - Grade 1 invasive ductal carcinoma (NST). Receptor status is oestrogen positive & HER2 negative (ER7/8, PR8/8, Ki67 15%, HER2 1+ low).
     
    on the 6 th of August I had my surgery Left breast wide local excision with LiCAP flap partial breast reconstruction & sentinel lymph node biopsy.now I’m waiting for the results from the surgery my mind is not good, thinking about the reSoblts only can not sleep my mind is only on the fact that the doctor will say that it went everywhere and it’s bad , please don’t judge me my English is not my forte! I have 3 kids all of them Brest feed and didn’t think it will happen to me . Don’t know how to explain how I feel I don’t want to die I’m only 37 years old my kids need me I only think about my kids and how much they need me SobSobSob sorry about the long message all the best and good health Kissing heart
  • Hello Giliola,

    Just dropped in with a few words to try to reassure you over one thing at least: cancer is no longer the death sentence that it maybe was a few decades ago. Every cancer has treatment options. Many cancers have a variety of treatment options and moreover there are many people on these forums who are living with high grade high stage cancers, and living very good quality life. Plus, new treatments are being developed all the time.

    I don't know anything about your cancer but I latched onto the Grade One, which has to be reasonably good news at least. Invasive, sounds like it has the possibility to spread, but it may not have done so yet, or even at all if they have taken enough margin at your surgery. 

    It's a very terrifying time waiting for those histology results. There's no way to allay that fear, until of course the results actually arrive. Whatever the results, your cancer team will advise you on your own individual treatment plan. There are people in their 60s and 70s even today, walking around having had cancers, including breast cancers, two or three decades ago. And treatment these days is even more efficient than it was when they had their diagnosis. 

    Try and think ahead to the positive outcome of this: that your treatment will give you many more years of life. It's very normal to only be able to focus on the negative, but if you can find ways of helping yourself relax, such as listening to music, reading, doing crafts, that can help you to feel a little less anxious even if only for a short time, and that will help get you through the waiting time for your results. 

    Sending you hugs Hugging