In August 2025, I went to the doctor with a pain in my lower back, he suggested it could be a kidney problem and sent me for a CT scan.

The scan results confirmed no problem with my kidney, but the scan had picked up an enlarged lymph node under my right arm, this was followed by a mamogram, a further ct scan, an MRI and an ultrasound together with

a biopsy of the enlarged lymph node.

The diagnoses which followed was a shock, to be informed that the lymph node pointed to breast cancer.  An operation followed removing 4 lymph nodes, only one of which was cancerous, but unfortunately, they 

are unable to find the primary.

I feel absolutely fine physically, although a complete wreck mentally and emotionally,  I am eating, not loosing weight and the skin, the shape, the nipple has not changed in any way, it all looks completely normal.

The hospital want me to commence 3 weeks of Radiotherapy and commence taking Letrozole for 5 years, but I understand the side effects of both are pretty horrendous.  I am a very fit and active 75 year old and I

do not want the next 5 years to be debilitating and cause me to have 5 years from hell, therefore, I do not know what to do and whether to commence the treatment or not.

What I would really like is further tests and/or blood tests to see if I really do have breast cancer or not or if further investigation could be carried out. Could anybody tell me if there is anything I could have done to give me more clarity please.

Thank you.