Nearly 2 years ago

I was diagnosed with intermediated DCIS which came with stage 1 invasive cancer. I had a double mastectomy. As a health professional I understood what I will have to go through. From experience in the field taking a chance is not an an option when it comes to breast cancer. Recurrence is real and scary. To all those who recently diagnosed take anything that will reduce the chance of recurring. Tamoxifen has been good to me so far with just minor side effects. 

  • Hello, I totally agree....in the beginning I was bamboozeld with all the meds they were throwing at me, then I realised I was lucky to have all these targeted therapies....I'm on the lot! 

    Good luck with everything xxx

  • Hi Collss.  I'm newly diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, having neoadjuvant chemo then surgery.  It's level 3, stage 2b, tumour started out as 2.5cm and is in one or two lymph nodes.  After 4 rounds of chemo an ultrasound showed that the tumour has shrunk to 1.5cm and I'm told that a lumpectomy is now more likely than a mastectomy and that there's practically no difference in terms of likelihood of return.

    Would you disagree with this?  I live in Hong Kong and am being treated privately so there's no issue with cost etc.

    Thanks.