Hi all I'm wah lady this is my 1st time of sharing my diagnosis of grade 2 breast cancer, so far I've been trying to deal with this alone I've got friends and family but they don't really no how I feel or what to say to me.
Try not to get to tearful it is hard not to I do no I'm just the same one minute I'm smiling and the nxt I'm in tears and I think what the hell is happening to me xxxx
I know what you mean about going from one extreme to another. I was also used to a busy work life and then as soon as the results came back as possitive, it suddenly ended, just like that. It now feels like i'm on a rollercoaster and just when I think I'm getting a grip of things, I suddenly bomb. However on a good note, this is happening less often and every day life creeps in to keep my feet on the ground and makes me realise that this isnt just happening to me but to my loved ones as well. It is for them that I 'get on with it' and when those demons come whispering in my ear, usually at night when I cant sleep, I do what I can to ignore the fears they bring.
I fully understand your fear of chemo as they have already told me that I will have to have this due to my cancer being graded as a 3 and during my initial scans, I was told that at least 2 of my lymphs are 'highly suspicious' which I have taken to mean they already think its spread.
In your 2nd op, how many lymphs did they remove? and was the 2nd op any better or worse than your 1st one. xx
They took all the lymph's out in the 2nd op because they found cancer in one of the lymph's when they took a biopsy from them in the 1st op, I'm suffering more from this 2nd op been very sore and tired, I'm the same at night I think to much xx
Sorry to bombard you with questions but Im expecting a possitive result from my op after what they told me already. Did they use the same incision site to do the second op or did they 'make' a new one. Im asking because of my infection being so painful at the moment, the thought if them cutting in the same area brings me out in a cold sweat.....:cry: xx
Hi yes they used same incision on me under my arm where they took the biopsy from the 1st op, I've had 2 ops with in 3 weeks apart wasn't expecting that, I'm feeling abit down at the moment all I want to do is sleep, just so tired all the time, I'm also suffering with a cording wicth is travelling down my arm it's very painful and hard to dress myself and get in and out the bath, I'm doin exercises but it's still very painful, xx
I am due for my op in early June nad have bene told that they will take 2 nodes and test them while I'm under and if they are suspicious will remove all the nodes at the same op, at least it gets it over with in one operation.
Wish they had done that with me then I would be avin my treatment now but it's a waiting game now til 3rd of June, I find out then about what treatment I need xx
Hi, you poor thing no wonder you are feeling dreadful. I have heard about this cording and it sounds horrible. It is still very early days and you have gone through 2 ops in just 3 weeks so now wonder you are suffering. Your body has taken quite a battering. I have heard that your body uses sleep to make you stop and rest so it can heal itself. Dont know if this is true but it could explain why you are so tired.
I have been very, very lucky. I received my results today and they show my lymph nodes to be clear so I will not need to have another operation. However they show 'vascular invasion' which is something I have never heard of before. When I asked them to explain, they said that some stray cells have been found going into my blood vessels. I now have to wait until the 4th June for my next appoinment with my consultant to discuss treatment and in the meantime they said I will receive an appointment to see an oncologist to talk about chemo and radiotherepy.
Thankyou for reply I went to the hospital yesterday because I had more fluid under my arm they drained 200ml of fluid out, I'm hoping I might feel bit better now but still sleeping a lot, I hope you get good results on the 4th June I find out on the 3rd of June what my results are and if I need chemo or not, I am worried tho!! Talk soon all the best xxx
Hi, how are you feeling and how did you get on with your results.
I saw my consultant and then my oncology Doc on the 4th. They had sent of my tissue samples to America for further testing but these results had not come back yet however my oncology Doc went over the results from what they removed during surgery and explained things in detail.
My tumour was small, 2cm, and has not spread to my lymph nodes but the vascular invasion meant that some cancer cells had been found in blood vessels outside the tumor and the fact that it was not hormone receptive meant it was more aggressive so he has said that I need to have chemo. He also said that the samples that were sent to America were testing the cancer on a cellular level to find out its ability to spread and come back. There would be 3 possible outcomes from this test, either high risk, intermediate or low risk but he was expecting them to confirm the need for chemo. I got these results yesterday and they have come back as high risk....so Doc was right. I will start chemo within the next 10 days and then I have to have radiotherapy and then take an anti-cancer drug? for 5 years.
How did you get on with your results, what treatment plan have they given you and do you feel as shell shocked as me. Wishing you the best xxx
