Had my meeting to discuss biopsy results today. The mass on right side is grade 3 triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma and the cancer has spread to my lymph nodes too. I have to go for a full body and bone scans to check if it has gone elsewhere and then I'll be starting with 6 months of chemo on a 3 week schedule before surgery and possible radiotherapy / other treatments. I have to have gene testing to help decide best surgery options. I also have to have another biopsy still on the other side as they saw suspicious looking stuff when I had my original scans but they have said they will deal with that alongside as we are wanting to start treatment ASAP.
It's likely I'll be looking to have a port put in as I have really bad veins, a massive fear of needles and my toddler runs the risk of pulling tubes out...they also said that the first few rounds of chemo would be EC but I have no idea what that means.
Has anyone got experience of chemo, having a port or can explain what EC means?
