Hi,
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with TNBC this is the second time round for me. Last time I had a lumpectomy - grade 3 tumour, lymph nodes clear. After surgery I had chemo followed by radiotherapy…following this I had check ups for the following few years. Even though it was a huge shock at only 38 years of age the support and care throughout helped me through. Gradually life got back to normal and eventually the whole episode became a blur and was I thought just a blip and a thing of the past. This time the diagnosis just seems unreal, one appointment to give results and straight into discussions of mastectomy. A few weeks later the operation and reconstruction was complete but then that was it, no chemo, no radiotherapy and only one follow up with oncology where I was discharged. This is so unsettling, I’m left very anxious as I was wanting to discuss the risk of another return particularly as TNBC is so aggressive and the tumour was quite large when they found it even with annual mammograms.I’m thinking I should have elective surgery to have the other breast removed but nobody seems able to talk this over with me or understands my concerns - the consultant says that it’s gone now so I shouldn’t worry!
Has anybody else had a recurrence? How did they treat it, I don’t understand why i didn’t need chemo - when I did last time
