Hi
When I was 32 I had a stage 1 grade 3 5cm non hormonal tumour removed from my left breast with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I was kept under the clinic for 18 years. There is a very strong family link to breast cancer. So I decided when my fifth grandchild was going to be a girl to get gene testing and also to get a prosthesis as I only had half a boob left and the other one had gone south...
I then found a lump and was fast tracked to my local breast clinic,the lump turned out to be calcification. On having a mammogram two small tumours were found ... They have turned out to be cancerous and hormone positive.
It turns out that the original cancer could well have returned but evolved to be hormone positive. The Consultant tells me that this is quite rare but can happen.. I await a CT scan before a Mastectomy and possibly chemotherapy. No radiotherapy as you can only have this once in your life. I have booked to go to Melbourne in October to see my grandchildren. My grandaughter Layla is now 2 weeks old, how can I tell them without spoiling their joy...
