Finally got my post-mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection results.
Four lymph nodes were cancerous so I will be having radiotherapy some time in the new year (need breast seroma to get under control first).
They are unhappy as they don't feel chemo has been very effective but it's likely with four lymph nodes involved that there are cells already elsewhere in my body looking to set up a new home. I'll be having MRIs every year to check for metastases anyway so I have to hope when it happens that it's in a very treatable location. Will be having other breast, ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in the next two years to remove that risk at least.
Not the news I'd hoped for but it is the news I expected.
On the positive side my twin has finally been to see her medical team and has been referred to a breast clinic and to gynaecology so that's a huge weight off my mind. Annoyingly my first cousins are all being told entirely different things ranging from "we need to get you checked out ASAP" to "there's no need for you to be checked out at all"!!!!! Not sure what medic made that last statement but clearly they should be struck off if their knowledge is that poor. That cousin is going to go to the specialist centre with my BRCA2 results as they'll be able to refer her to a breast clinic thankfully.
That's all for now.
LJx