Hi Everyone 
This is my first time ever writing on something like this so bare with me. I'm Laura, 35 years old. Diagnosed 28th April. TNBC Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 3. 2 nodes involved.
I first felt my lump back on 1st April, contacted Doc straight away and was referred to Breast clinic for Ultrasound. Went along to end up having the Ultra, then biopsy, mammo then to be told, most likely cancer. My whole world turned upside down, you will all know the feeling! The tumour was originally thought to be 33mm but turns out its more like 70mm in the widest area and 3x2mm at the auxiliary tail. I'm not sure if that means I have 2 tumours or if it's like a tadpole shape lol! Anyway, I was told I would need to do Chemo first so 4 rounds of EC then 4 rounds of Paclitaxol and Carboplatin. I've had 2 cycles of chemo so far and it's not been too bad. Well, I say that, it's not exactly been great. EXTREME fatigue, weird sense of taste, no appetite, sore joints and muscles etc. Thankfully I've not been sick but I put that down to the three different types of tablets I get to take.
Anyway, the reason for my post was to connect with ladies who are going through something similar. When I first was diagnosed, I trawled the internet and mad myself ill with all of the terrifying statistics that surround TNBC. I kind of found myself scared to come on to these forums but I'm glad I did. I have no experience of cancer, in any form, as no one I know has ever had it so it's all been a big whirlwind of information these past few months and to be honest, I think I'm still in shock! I am going to see if I can maybe see a psychiatrist as I'm finding my mood to be getting very low these days and that's making it hard to keep positive.
I have noticed a significant reduction in pain in my breast since starting chemo so I'm hoping this is a good sign, has anyone else had that?
