Breast Cancer, just had second lumpectomy. Feeling very low

Good morning,  I'm 58 and have recently undergone a 2nd lumpectomy with the removal of glands/lymph nodes.  This was completely unexpected insofar as I did not take onboard that the first operation might not be sufficient.  Safe to say, mentally, I'm not in a great place waiting on the next pathology results in a week (hopefully) to decide next stage treatment. Advanced apologies for this selfish splurge.  Just feeling very low.

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  • HI Pebbles,

    A very warm welcome to our forum. 
    I am sorry to hear that you have not got clear margins and have had to go in again for further surgery. This is not uncommon and comes as quite a shock to the system. The one good thing is that, whereas this might have been overlooked in the past, pathology now picks up on it.

    There are a number of ladies here, who have gone through this. Now you have aother anxious wait for the results - have you been given a date for these? Here's hoping that they will be fine this time.

    No apologies needed for the splurge. We all need somewhere to vent - that's what we've here for - the cancer rollercoaster.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you're getting on. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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  • HI Pebbles,

    A very warm welcome to our forum. 
    I am sorry to hear that you have not got clear margins and have had to go in again for further surgery. This is not uncommon and comes as quite a shock to the system. The one good thing is that, whereas this might have been overlooked in the past, pathology now picks up on it.

    There are a number of ladies here, who have gone through this. Now you have aother anxious wait for the results - have you been given a date for these? Here's hoping that they will be fine this time.

    No apologies needed for the splurge. We all need somewhere to vent - that's what we've here for - the cancer rollercoaster.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you're getting on. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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