Hi all you amazingly strong ladies.
I have been reading all your stories and advice in the background since i had my breast cancer diagnosis in July and found it all so reassuring and helpful so first of all thank you for that.
I had a lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy 3 weeks ago and had my follow up appointment with the surgeon yesterday. I have been told that it was 15mm and the 2 nodes that they took were clear and clear margins but grade 3. I am estrogen negative, progesterone positive 7/8 and her2 negative. I have been told that just being positive for progesterone is very uncommon, anybody else had this?? So that hormone therapy will not work. I feel like i should be happy with these results but my surgeon did not fill me with joy when i asked if this meant that the cancer was now gone and his reply was that “you can never be sure what has happened before we took the cancer out, there may be cells that have escaped etc etc” all i wanted was the reassurance that it was now gone and that it hasn’t spread anywhere else. I was under the impression if the lymph nodes were clear that it couldn’t have spread - am i just naive? Are these good results and i just have a cautious surgeon?
I have now been referred to the oncologist for chemotherapy. This has hit me like a tonne of bricks, even though i was fully expecting it as i was told before surgery that chemo would prob be the next step. So now more waiting to start this new step in this horrendous journey. How will i manage with a 2 year old daughter? - any advice will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for babbling but the last 24 hours my mind has gone into overdrive. I don’t know what to feel or think.
big hugs to eveyone and thank you all for being there to help this journey become a bit more bearable
