Hi my name is vilma,
Last May 17 I was diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer which came as a massive shock.
When I found out that I had breast cancer it felt like it wasn’t me. It felt completely surreal and it felt totally, totally shocking. It felt like my whole world had collapsed. I had my surgery last June 1 . My operation was as planned, so a success, the lump has been removed and the biopsy confirmed exactly what they thought and the lymph system is clear, there was no spread to the sentinel lymph node but the pathologist commented on the extensive lymphovascular invasion which they know is a risk factor for further recurrence. The breast cancer cells are hormone sensitive and HER2 negative. They will intent to treat this with curative intent and deliver postoperative treatment to have a chances of long term cure. They discussed whether I might feel able to participate in the OPTIMO clinical trial but I felt more comfortable proceeding straight to chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy. I will have 8 sessions of chemotherapy for 19 weeks followed by radiotherapy for 3 weeks. Started my first chemo last Monday July 2 the fist 48 hours is awful felt sickly and tired, couldn’t eat anything. The feeling lasted at least 5 days. After a week I’m now back to normal, will have at least two weeks recovery before the 2nd chemo. Just had my 2nd chemo last last Monday July 23 And felt more sickly and tired compare to my first chemo. Taste buds is horrible, even water is taste awful, unsettled stomach.
