My wife had a similar diagnosis to yourself. Stage 3, grade 3 and 2 Lymph nodes. She had 2 tumours. The main one at 4.5cm, and one underneath it at 2.5cm. She did 7 Chemos. 4 EC and 3 Docetaxel. She also had 19 rounds of radiotherapy.

Luckily for her, her chemo obliterated the cancer, and she ended up getting a lumpectomy rather than the planed all along mastectomy. I won't lie, all the days blend into one, and I'd be lying if i said she finished chemo 6 months ago, but I think she did. Then had the op. She then had radiotherapy, which she finished around September. She's currently sleeping so I can't even ask her for specifics.

Anyway, before Christmas she felt something resembling a lump, and it was painful, and changed from before December to her appointment on the 11thJan with the breast clinic. We were really worried. Both the nurses and breast surgeon said pain is actually a good thing. Like a really good thing. So they weren't overly worried when she first called up and was told to wait around 2 weeks. Told they sounded more like oedemas or scar tissue. She got an ultrasound and they were oil cysts. Since her treatment and op, she ticks all the boxes for breast cancer. Inverted nipple, orange peal skin and thickening, and more obviously, the lumps. But none of it'ss cancer. Just left over nonsense from the op. She's going back in next week for the final part of her reconstruction surgery, so the nipple should be fixed too.

Oil cysts can happen after surgery or radio.

What I'm trying to say, the pain is a good thing. I know it's a worry as we have just been there ourselves.

thanks profbaw glad to hear your wife doing well x

sounds like i had same chemo as your wife , in my left breast i had 2 tumors 7 cm and 4 cm , and also lymph nodes 

i woke up on the 6th feb last year with pain in left brest and found lump 5 week wait for mamgram 21st march was told grade 3 

on 20th september left mascetomoy and full node clerance 

just wish they took both breast but in wales they dont remove health breast 

also last august i had to see back consultant as got lower back issues did mri of my upper back and on mri they found a dormant tumor on my pitority gland thankfully not cancer related thankfully 

so besides breast care im now under endiocronology  :/ 

thankyou for reply but im trying not to worry but its human nature too i suppose 

Hi Penelope 

im also in wales , couldn't scroll past you 

I had BC had lumpectomy and full auxiliary node clearance in august finished radiotherapy in nov 

I I understand your worries but what my train of thought tells me that if you worry everyday about reoccurrence it's giving in , don't let it at front of your mind out it to the back you are free live everyday like it never happened you can do it if you put your mind to it I wish you the best lots of love Lara ️

what part of wales ?

im not normally if it happends it happends etc 

but i dont know why i have gone striaght to scared mode 

only finished chemo in august 22, surgery 20th sept , im still on phesego injection so every 3 weeks back and forth velindra hospital but fair play were / are great 

Penelope 

bless you it maybe January it's so horrible and you have had a long year last year with everything take time for yourself , my diagnosis was July I finished radio in November I didn't require chemo .

I'msouth  wales had radiotherapy at same hospital as you in nov , my oncologist is there I go back in 1 year 

how are you feeling today it just could possibly be a down day I hope it is x 

love Lara ️

well 6 am call off my mother fell out of bed abulance called so checked on mum 

then dressing changed no sign of improvement :/ so no radiotherapy pushed back to end of feb , mri  brought forward due to be on phesgo injections need mri with mugma 6th feb 

breast care nurses said im seeing consultant 30th to chat about infection and remaining breast worries , not had extreme pain but constant niggle discomfort , i think its coz i had pain when it was stage 3 , im more angry at myself for thinking the worse if that makes sence 

im looking at informantion reguarding my dormant tumor on my pitory gland all i did was turn 49 +1 last year lol 

then treat chippy dinner from my sister 

Bless you did you have lunpectomy ? And auxiliary node clearance is the infection from the lumpectomy or from your node underarm I bet that's a nuisance that it's delayed it for you , I had 2 operations had the lumpectomy first then the clearance 2 weeks later 

my oncologist is a woman she's very good amazing woman about my age I'm 48 

you have had a terrible day lovely with your mum too is she ok now on the plus the chips sound good to end the day lol 

love Lara ️

no i had single mascetomy and node clerance on same day same op had all clear on 10th october no one told me to remove plaster from mascetomy site 10 after operation i removed it 17 days later omg bad smell very infected antibotices vac plaster 

then on 31st oct i used a wheat bag on mascestomy site ended up with 3rd degree burn and thats whats been causing my delay in treatment 

yea abulance contacted ott who came out and fitted bed rails grazed her forehead 

just going to chill or try lol 

Aww sounds like you have had a outing lovely 

you take care glad mums ok I'm always here to chat when you are feeling low chin up lovely I wish you the best hope tomorrow is better x 

love Lara