Her 2 positive breast cancer

Hi

i found a lump in my left breast on 3 April last year. Ultrasound, biopsy, mammogram etc. The result of the biopsy showed ER and PR positive and HER2 negative. So I had a lumpectomy, therapeutic mammoplasty and reduction on the right breast. That was on 23 May. However pathology showed that tumour was HER2 positive. This meant I would have to have chemotherapy. I had clear margins and no lymph node involvement. I started chemo on 12 August and finished on 10 December. I had radiotherapy in January. I am having Herceptin injections every 3 weeks and on letrozole for 5 years. I understand that our type of cancer does respond very well to treatment. I have had bad days and good days. I am now having great days and I feel fine. The NHS has been brilliant as far as my treatment is concerned. Good luck with your treatment. Some is harder than others, but it is doable. I am 62 by the way and no familial history of breast cancer. 

Thank you for this.I have no family history either.I have been told that my type starts with chemotherapy and targeted therapy first.Just anxious about all this waiting!

Good luck to you too !