Diagnosed with ductal breast cancer ten years ago stage 3 plus lymph node involvement. Had chemo, surgery and radio then Tamoxifen. After a while I became resistant to Tamoxifen and my scar from the last surgery masked lobular breast cancer in the same breast. It was 9 cm and in exactly the same place as before. More surgery, chemo and radio. Now on Anastrozole.
wonder if I had lobular and ductal originally but lobular missed on wide local excision so held off for a while till became Tamoxifen resistant. Just a friendly warning to not rely on Tamoxifen working for ten years. It made me not be too vigilant and assume the tissue changes in the breast were harmless.
Hi Chrissie68
Thanks for your post. I guess sometimes the medicines don't always work for everyone and it can reoccur whether on the ER+ reducing medicines or not. I think you are right to mention that we should always be vigilant with checking our breasts and speak to our Dr if we notice anything different.
I'm sorry to hear that you are having to go through this all again.
Kindest wishes, Lesley
