Hi

In 2016 I was diagnosed stage 3, no lymph node involvement,  had a mastectomy, six rounds of chemo alongside eighteen of Herceptin, I'm seven years into ten years of taking Tamoxifen. There have been side effects, none unbearable. (Can't say I'm happy with the brain fog..) You can come out the other side . 

Wishing  you all the best.

How did your scans go mri and CT - any spread? This is what’s worrying me

- get results Thursday 

Im thinking any aches, pains im getting in my left side around my ribs and my back is something serious 

Months before my wife's diagnosis, she had a cough that simply wouldn't go. As in she could barely talk on the phone at times with coughing. I nagged, nagged nagged her to go to the docs, but she never went. Between her doc appointment and breast clinic appointment, she had bad back pain, that meant she struggled some days to get outta bed. She also had shoulder pain. Like you, we kinda thought the worse, but i was more worried about the cough.

Once all the scans were in, her back pain was muscular, her cough was allergies and her shoulder pain was never explained, but it got better. Sometimes all these things just happen at once and when something like a cancer diagnosis hits in the middle of them all, you just add them all together and assume. But seriously, those pains are probably nothing. My wife was also hyper focused on her body before the scans and she had a lot of niggles.

Months before my wife's diagnosis, she had a cough that simply wouldn't go. As in she could barely talk on the phone at times with coughing. I nagged, nagged nagged her to go to the docs, but she never went. Between her doc appointment and breast clinic appointment, she had bad back pain, that meant she struggled some days to get outta bed. She also had shoulder pain. Like you, we kinda thought the worse, but i was more worried about the cough.

Once all the scans were in, her back pain was muscular, her cough was allergies and her shoulder pain was never explained, but it got better. Sometimes all these things just happen at once and when something like a cancer diagnosis hits in the middle of them all, you just add them all together and assume. But seriously, those pains are probably nothing. My wife was also hyper focused on her body before the scans and she had a lot of niggles.

Hi, just been diagnosed with bc, will find out next Thursday how bad it is, but not looking like the lucky one as have something in the lymph nodes as well in right breast. Also started feeling strange sensations in my neck and back after biopsy. Hope its not the sign of spreading. Just worry it will be a long wait for the surgery, between 6-8 weeks..

Hello vorna 

sorry to hear this I had BC July 22 you can do this im

out other side now and feel back to normal and have for a long time you can do this stand tall don’t let it get you 

big hugs love Lara xx here to chat or help xx 

I’ve been told grade 3 in lymph node and stage 2 BC 

funny you should say that but I’m also feeling the sensations after the scans and I don’t know whether it is my mind playing tricks on me. I’ll get my results this Thursday and then I should be waiting 2 to 3 weeks to see the oncologist as to what the plan of action is, I’m so anxious, as I am too worried that it is spread 

Hi Vorna,

A very warm welcome to our forum.

I am sorry to hear that they have found something in your lymph nodes and I am sure that you are anxiously awaiting your results on Thursday. We all panic about spread at this stage, but 6-8 weeks is a fairly average waiting time for breast surgery. 

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Thank you laraj xx

Good luck on Thursday,  I hope waiting  will go quick and try and be kind to yourself, xx