Hi all,
I am a nurse and have 2 children (6 and 9y old). I have been diagnosed last February.
One day, I was putting some body cream on me and felt a lump on my left breast.
Thank you for the £2 cream I bought from Aldi. I stopped to put body cream for a while but I just wanted to tried my new body cream.
After the finding of my lump, I started to worry and decided to call my GP 2 days later. The doctor immediately referred me to the breast clinic but not knowing when I will be call was unbearable so I decided to go private. The clinic did a mammographie then acted quickly and did an ultrasound with biopsy.
A few days after, I got the results with no surprised ; stage 1, grade 3 tumor but further investigations showed 2 tumble at 5 cm apart.
£2000 out of pocket because I did the diagnostic in private, I decided to go to NHS. They did more biopsy, nodes are normal.
For the consultant, best is to have a mastectomy because the 2 tumor are "far " away then she wants to put an implant. I asked her why she doesn't want to do an MRI and she told me that they won't do for the type of my tumor. She don't even know if I have some metastasis !
Not happy with her proposition, I went to France as I still have my social security and book an appointment with the oncologist and surgeon to have a second opinion. I had an MRI and a PET Scan. Both exams reveals the location of the tumors but interesting to know that the tumors are far away from the PAM (aureola) and that I may not have to remove all the breast as the location is in the side. I also saw the plastic surgeon who can perform the reconstruction, first with a temporary implant and second with the DIEP technic which is not available at the NHS because of the cost. Not having a lot of fat, he will take fat where he can then fill the breast with through the aerial.
I have an appointment this week with the consultant in UK to tell her about my decision and I am afraid about what she will say.
So I have breast cancer, stage 1, 2 tumors, HER positive, K67 10%
