Shock - newly diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer

Hi, I found out Christmas Eve I have invasive ductal breast cancer I am terrified and in complete shock. I’m stage 2 and will receive the HER2 test results when I meet with the team in the new year. Just felt I need to reach out and maybe get some advice on others experiences and what I can expect when I meet with team.

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  • Hi helarny, that’s the same diagnosis that I had  Christmas 2022, I had 6 lots of chemo over a 6 month period, a lumpectomy to remove 2 tumours and 5days of radiotherapy, I’ve since got the all clear, I do have to take letrozole for 5/10 years and have besophanate injections every 6 months for 3 years to strengthen my bones, the chemo was the worse for me but not every one is the same, radiotherapy is fine and so are the injections, stay positive I say, that’s how I approached my journey, my surgeon said it would be a 12-18 month journey and wouldn’t be a walk in the park but being positive and go with the flow will help, so I did, good luck and I’m sure you will be fine xx

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  • Hi helarny, that’s the same diagnosis that I had  Christmas 2022, I had 6 lots of chemo over a 6 month period, a lumpectomy to remove 2 tumours and 5days of radiotherapy, I’ve since got the all clear, I do have to take letrozole for 5/10 years and have besophanate injections every 6 months for 3 years to strengthen my bones, the chemo was the worse for me but not every one is the same, radiotherapy is fine and so are the injections, stay positive I say, that’s how I approached my journey, my surgeon said it would be a 12-18 month journey and wouldn’t be a walk in the park but being positive and go with the flow will help, so I did, good luck and I’m sure you will be fine xx

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