Hi,
I had my biopsy results on Thursday and I am feeling so calm.
I am a busy mum of four wonderful sons, with I a very supportive husband. They are my whole world, my boys are between 9 and 15 and I have been open with them since getting the results of the imaging two weeks ago.
I found a walnut sized lump in my breast on Easter Saturday. I am 38 and I have no indications that I could have cancer. However my GP took me seriously and after my description on a telephone call while I was in Waitrose, she referred me to the breast clinic. 8 days later on the 15th April I attended the clinic and got sent for ultrasound and then mammogram and finally biopsies. I was told that the imaging indicated cancer, (m5 and u5) but I had to wait for the biopsy results for confirmation.
I have spent the last two weeks telling everyone who asked how I was that I have breast cancer. It has been cathartic, sharing with everyone.
I was worried before the appointment this week that it might have spread, so it was a huge relief that the biopsy on the lymph nodes were clear.
Sorry for waffling on, I am an oversharer, and generally organise my thoughts by talking them out.
Hi Baroness
welcome to the club no one wants to join! You’ll find lots of support here 
like you, I was calm about it all and quite happy to tell people. That isn’t how everyone likes to deal with it, but obviously right for you and me at least! I know the relief about the nodes though - I had to wait until I got the results of the node biopsy carried out at the same time as my lumpectomy to know for sure (I’d been told on the ultrasound they looked clear but ....!)
Do you know what type you have and what your proposed treatment plan is yet? X
Hi, good to meet you, I'm 2 cycles into chemo for a grade 3, 56mm lump and I'm also hormone positive, so have the luxury of a 4 drug (TCHP) cocktail with 4 more cycles to go, then surgery and radiotherapy and a further 12 cycles of hormones though I’m struggling to think that for ahead. I’ve also been very open with family, friends and colleagues as I know I get energy from other people and I value the support. The good news is that my MRI this week shows the lump has reduced now to only 11cm!
Hope you are doing ok
One day of nasty sickness in each cycle so far and other than that quite manageable, thank you for asking. I get the sore mouth, weird taste, and the strange mix of constipation and diarrhoea, but I can deal with all of this. I had awful heartburn at first, but Omeprazole has dealt with that. And my hair has fallen out, but I am really enjoying my wig. I am managing to keep working, though I do work from home and can be very flexible, so all in all, though nothing to compare it to, I would say ok. Cycle 3 on Thursday!
