I have breast cancer! OMG!

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 Hi, I am a 72 year old woman, full of life, totally healthy, and care free .  Then while doing my check-up two months' ago, I found I had breast cancer in both my breasts.  I cann't tell you how many sleepless nights I have had worrying about the big "C"! Fast forward, on Friday, I had two lumpectomies in my left breast and one on my right, together with removal of lymph nodes in both armpits.  Can anyone tell me if they are in the same situation?  I will be told if I need chemo and radiotheraphy on 3rd October.  Of course I can face this, but it is the unknown that frightens me.  Help!

  • Hi Crazy Kenyan welcome to the forum. I am so sorry to hear about what has been happening  for you and all at once as well,. that's a lot to take on board. 

    The waiting and the unknown are the worst part but when these results are all back you will be given a treatment plan where they will talk you through all the results of the biopsies taken during surgery.  It is only then that the plan will be known in full.  

    gail

     
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  • Thank you for your reply and encouragement, Gail. I guess I will have to learn to control my impatience and wait for my results. 
    Fxx

  • Argh the waiting is the worst…… but please know that there are so many treatments out there - you’ve done amazingly well to have that operation under your belt. I found waiting for the results after my operation just awful. And in my case they didn’t get a clear margin and they found some in a node which was a horrible shock - but once I’d absorbed it it was still better than the waiting and not knowing.

    you’ve got this . Try to focus on recovery after your operation xx

  • Hello Crazy Kenyan,  oh boy I know the feelings you are going through right now.  If you click on my name and read about me it may help.  It is just too much to type.  I am now 75 and was diagnosed at 71 just a few months shy of my 72nd birthday.  Doing well now and on hormone blockers and not a fan but since Estrogen and progesterone positive 100% highly recommended for 5 years.  

    Take care and waiting really sucks.  Hugs to you.

    Barbara