Hi there,
I have never posted anything on a forum before, apart from the odd comment about football. But feel I need some support, advice, humor and guidance now. My wife is 41 and discovered a small lump in her right breast about three weeks before Xmas. She was referred by her GP to the local breast cancer clinic, and we were convinced that it was just a cyst nothing more, a consultant initially considered the same on first examination. She had a mammogram and subsequent ultrasound and biopsys where the mood rapidly became more serious. We were asked to go into a small room ( never a good sign in a hospital in my experience) where the consultant reappeared with a breast cancer nurse, he said that certainly something was serious and sinister in the ultrasound but without further results couldn't really tell us more. As it was over the festive period with four consultants on hold we had to wait three weeks for a follow up appointment. We actually knew what was coming, but a surgical consultant saw us last week to confirm that indeed it was malignant cancer. There were five different areas of concern in a nine centimetre area in the breast. The treatment plan is chemotherapy, mastectomy followed with radiography. Throwing everything at it. We are still in shock. My wife is the main worker as we swopped roles, we have two children 5 and 3. Our world has literally gone on its head and there is so much to take in at the moment. Friends and family have been great. But its still huge!!
Sorry if its a long post.
But just getting this out there.
