Hi, this has happened all quite quick for me.

I went for my routine mammogram at the end of June 2026 and a week later I was asked to go to the breast care centre at the hospital, had another mammogram and two ultrasounds one with a biopsy and was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma possible Lobular carcinoma.

I had wire guided lumpectomy surgery mid August together with the removal of 3 lymph nodes, the results came back with 2 of the lymph nodes showing signs (and have been sent off to America for further testing) and am booked in again soon for further surgery as there wasn’t enough clear tissue surrounding the tumour removed, 

It just seems like I’m living in a bit of a dream world at the moment, I have times where I just start crying and other times I think why me. 

One thing I wanted to see if others had suffered from since having surgery is the feeling of a numb top of the thigh, I was told it is due to Diathermy during surgery. I suffered from pain trying to sit up in bed through it, a very warm feeling in the thigh and it just seems sensitive in general.