Can anyone give some reassurance?

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Hello all.
I’ve had a recent mastectomy and 2 sentinel nodes removed. Cancer was in one node so I had node clearance where the surgeon removed 19 nodes and it was in11, so a total of 12 of 21 were diseased.

I have invasive ductal cancer which was a 3cm tumour with 1cmDCIS, the oestrogen type.
Anything over 4 nodes triggers a CT scan.

Chemo and radiotherapy was previously planned as treatment but is now definitely happening. However the outcome if the CT scan determines what type of treatment, if it has spread then it moves into containing and treating over cure.

I’m so anxious its spread. Every time i have gone i feel there is something else to deal with. I feel like i was a bit floored to ask any questions at the time.
I’ve also been offered genetic testing with they didn’t offer before, even though I asked about it, and I don’t know why.

Has anyone got any advice or positive outcomes from a similar situation?

Thank you x

Rosepetal 18 minutes ago

I had invasive ductal cancer in 2017. Doctor said it was only 1cm but when I had my surgery they discovered that is was a total of 3.2 cm. I had lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy. I was not offered chemotherapy or mastectomy even though my sister has died of breast cancer.

My cancer came back in October 2025. It was picked up when I had COVID. I was sent for an x-ray and CT scan and was told that I had a 10cm mass in my lung. The cancers was also in my lymph nodes and multiple small deposits in both lungs. The plan is to contain it not cure. I was devastated.

I am now on targeted treatment. I have been told that they cannot operate or cure it. I have been given ribiciclib but I don't think it is working as my last CT scan showed that the cancers had grown another cm. I am booked in for another CT scan in May so I am hoping that the cancer has not grown any further. I asked is there anything else if ribiciclib stops working and I have been told that there is something else that I could try.

It's all very worrying, I know just how you feel. Let's try and keep positive and hope that new drugs are coming out all the time which will slow down the cancer.

Good luck with your next appointment.

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