Feeling kinda bamboozled :sad:
let me explain.
In July 2021 I had a mammogram, 2 weeks later I was recalled for another mammogram where they told me they'd seen a lump and was doing a biopsy but was 100% certain it was breast cancer.
2 weeks later I went in for the results and it was indeed breast cancer, a lumpectomy was booked for a month later, I also had an auxiliary clearance where they removed all the lymph nodes and out of the 18 they removed 13 was cancerous, 5 weeks later I had further surgery to get clear margins which they managed to get .
I was supposed to have undergone chemo and radiotherapy plus start Letrozole (hormone blockers) and have a CT scan and bone scan, I turned down treatment, the bone scan was clear , the CT scan showed a shadow on my lung and kidney, further investigations showed the kidney shadow was a fatty lump needing no treatment,
I had to have another CT scan 3 months after the first to check on the lung nodule which I had in March 22 , I received the results over telephone and they told me the nodule had changed and I'd need another CT scan which I had at the end of May 22 , I received those results on the 6th July 22 .
The lung nodule turned out to be 4 tumours on the left lung and 3 tumours on the right lung, apart from the one which is 13mm and is encroaching on the Airways and making me cough and a bit breathless the others are about 4mm and 5mm .
It's breast cancer that as spread to my lungs :sad: there is no cure only treatment, they've started me on Letrozole which I've taken 2 so far and will take the third today, they also want me to take (name unsure of) a tablet that acts similar to chemo , I'll be on them for life .
My problem is I can't tolerate medication very well and even the medication that usually causes no side effects I still get them, I can't tolerate statins , and react to most diabetic medications too , some pain killers also cause an reaction :cry: so with that in mind I'm going to turn down the chemo like drug , I'm trying the Letrozole to see how my body reacts to it .
The aim of the Letrozole is to hopefully shrink the tumours or at least stop them growing or spreading .
I have no family support apart from my partner and I have only one friend who turns everything into a joke (which isnt always helpful) and starts joking about her catching it or throwing comments at me like she will make her own cup of tea because I have cancer and can't do it .
I'm kinda stuck here and alone , I'm not the sort who looks for help from other people and tend to block things and bottle things so this is huge for me to write here .
