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Grade 2 invasive ductal Breast Cancer

flynny
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I a 58 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer on 29th July, had my lump ectomy and sentinel node biopsy the following Friday.  My follow up appointment is next Friday 19th August, this will make it three weeks since my operation and the wait to get my results is really starting to get to me.  To keep me going I have decided to believe that this is a good thing, surely they would have called me back sooner if they had found a problem with the lymph nodes.

  • Welcome to the forum flynny.

    I'm sorry about your diagnosis but it's great that you have had your lump ectomy and sentinel node biopsy so quickly. The waiting can be very tough as many of our members know and I'm sure they will be along soon to offer their support and share their experiences with you. In the meantime try to stay busy if you can, easier said than done I know, and before you know it the 19th will arrive and you will finally get your results.

    Good luck for Friday, let us know how you get on. We'll have fingers crossed it's good news.

    All the best, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Hi there, I'm 35 and I was diagnosed in April this year with grade 2 invasive ductal breast cancer. Like you I had a lumpectomy and at the same time they took my sentinel lymph node. I waited two weeks for my results... The wait is awful, try and keep busy the 19th is almost here!!! At my appointment it turned out they took two nodes as they were side by side and it turned out one was positive and one was negative. I was then offered a choice of two things, one to join a posnoc study (not sure if this is happening at your local hospital) or to go back under and remove all remaining nodes. I decided to have them all removed, as it happened no more of them were positive ... I'm now currently having chemotherapy 6 cycles in total followed by 3 weeks of radiotherapy .... The hardest part in all of this is the waiting, the brain works overtime if only you could put it to oneside for 5 mins... Keep positive , take care
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    Hi Lil, You are so young to have Breast Cancer. My daughter is the same age and she has been referred to the History Clinic to see she if could have the gene, for her this is on both sides of the family. Its a worrying time all round. I am positive most of the time but the wait is hard, especially when you go to bed and all the thoughts pop up. When I first saw the Consultant he did the small ultra sound, said he was concerned about my lymph nodes and I was sent off for the Mammogram, which I last had Jan 2015. This showed up the lump but a 2nd Ultra Sound on the big machine didn't show a problem with the lymph nodes, this is what I am banking on. I don't know about you but nearly 3 weeks in and my breast is still very sore, it may be down to the fact that they are of a larger size and gravity LOL. I don't think I could cope with being cut again, anyway Friday will soon be here and whatever the result I will know the treatment plan going forward and be able to deal with it......... I wish you well on your own journey and I really am grateful to you for taking the time to write :-)
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    Hi,

    I had the same, diagnosed on 4th August this year (I'm 49).  I had wide excision plus sentinel node biopsy on 9th so still very sore and tired.  I go back on 24th Aug for my results so I'm also feeling a bit apprehensive. My consultant and breast cancer nurse are fantastic and help me feel very positive but this is a really difficult time. I was at the clinic for a dressing check on 12th and they drained a seroma which was really odd as I couldn't feel a thing! Another odd thing I've noticed - I've gained about 7lbs in weight since my surgery but haven't eaten much, so I'm assuming it's fluid, has anyone else experienced this? 

    Hopefully all of us waiting for results have good news, but it can be difficult not to dwell on the negative sometimes. Good luck everyone, fingers crossed ! I've got a 50th birthday trip booked for New York in Nov - I'm on that plane no matter what!!!

     

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    Hi Beetledoggy, I had fluid build up in my breast and under my arm, so much then when I moved around my body was making a glug glug noise, it was weird. I rang the Breast Nurse and she advised me to wait and see if my body would absorb it, which it did but it was over quite a few days. I am now 18 days post surgery and my breast is still quite sore, hard and heavy, I also had the wide excision, I didn't ask about the scar prior to operation but wasn't expecting it to be so long. I haven't put on any weight or lost any, which I expected as I didn't have much of an appetite for over a week. We too have holidays booked for the US in Florida for October. I am not sure how it will pan out with the heat though, I haven't been unable to sit out in the sun for the last few days as I start to feel the burn in my breast.. I believe Insurance will be much more expensive but I haven't spoken to them about it yet. Good Luck on your journey, hope you get good results and you have a fab time in New York, somewhere I have always wanted to go!
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    Hi Flynny,

    we had our hols in Spain as planned, with 30 degree heat, and all was well so hopefully you will be ok. I spoke to the travel insurance people and there was no increase in premium, they just took details, and said everything was covered and not to worry.  Hope the same happens for you!

    Sadly though I got my further results back, and even though my nodes are clear, they've decided that I need to have chemo - my age (still in my 40's, just!), the size, grade, and OncotypeDX  risk, all suggest that I would really benefit to help stop it returning. I've told them I'm not starting until after NY, and then it all begins.  If I'm honest, this has knocked me more than the original diagnosis. Maybe it's the speed of everything, 6 weeks ago I was fine and thought I had a simple cyst, now here I am post-surgery, looking at 18-20 weeks of chemo and 3 weeks radio. It's all a bit overwhelming. 

    I hope all your results and outcomes are going well, it's different for us all, but I don't think anyone who hasn't been through it can really understand what it's like.

     

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    Hi Beetledoggy, sorry to hear you have to have the chemo, I hope everything goes well for you. I was told that my cancer was aggressive and on my chest wall, but that they got it all, I wondered why my ribs were so tender, still are. They said that there was Micrometastases in the lymph nodes but that it comes under the guidelines and I will not need to have any more removed; they took the sentinel and the first one next to it. I am just having a 3 weeks course of radiotherapy, my planning is due a week on Wednesday and then the radio will follow. I don't know if this is the case with all breast cancer or whether it is because of where mine was positioned, they told me the radio will scar my lung and my ribs will be very sore. We should have been going on holiday two weeks next Thursday but the Oncologist advised us to cancel it so the treatment can go ahead, she said I would enjoy it much better at a later date when I know everything was over and done with. I consider myself very lucky as I don't need chemo. I also have to take letrozole for the next five years as mine was estrogen fed. I hope your treatment goes well and just a tip that I heard today, if you feel sick when your having the chemo, a piece of fresh pineapple can help.
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    Hi Flynny,

    hope the soreness is getting better.  I'd heard the pineapple tip as well, my first session is today so I might try it.  The chemo nurse said that as I'd had bad morning sickness during my pregnancies then I might be more prone to sickness with the chemo - deep joy! On the positive side, I won't need to shave my legs for months and months - yay!

    its a shame about your holiday - it sounds like the oncologist wants to get on with your treatment ASAP and that's a good thing, the sooner you start the sooner it's over. Good luck with it.  

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    Hi Beettedoggy, I hope your chemo doesn't make you feel too bad and that it doesn't mean you have to cancel your trip to New York in November.

    My husband and I should have been flying in to Miami tomorrow but as it turns out, there is a hurricane on its way there. We are just hoping that our friends will all be ok, some of them have already moved out for a few days.

    I have my first radio treatment today but I am not too worried about it. Hopefully I will be able to get on with my life after it is finished, but being honest I worry so much about every little cough and pain. I was so positive at first but Cancer seems to be in my head 24/7 now. You are reminded of it wherever you are, on the television, posters, the internet, can't seem to escape it. Can only hope I stop worrying one day.

    Wishing you well on your continued journey and hope the pinapple works. :-)

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