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In 2005 was diagnosed with LCISin RT Breast...in 2008 was rediagnosed with LCIS in LT breast...last month was diagnosed with Ductal and Lobular carcinoma in LT breast. Had LT Mastectomy and Sentinel node biopsy and RT prosthetic mastectomy on27/05/15. Had results of node biopsies.. they had actually removed 7 of them and all to be cancerous.  So of course the news was not what I was expecting... Am having an MRI before next Fri 26th June to see if any cancer anywhere else... this is frightening me of course but trying to remain positive and strong... not only for myself but for my family..especially my 2 sons... Going bak to surgery to remove all remaining lymph nodes in left armpit ... then will have to wait for results... then its chemo and radiotherapy... Unfortunately it runs in my family in most of the females... my mother had it.. her cousin.. my younger sister.. our 2 cousins (one did not survive).. neice..   and thats from my mothers side of family.. father died of lung cancer and his sister had skin cancer... so not a lucky family gene... although the BRAC1and2 came upnegative for us... but my biopsy results show am receptor positive so it seems I am eligible for chemo andhormone therpy...  just in a daze and of course frightened...but dont wish to become a prisoner of my own fears... plus worrying and stressing out as I know only weakens my immune system... but if anybody has or is going through with what Im going through would love any feedback...thank you.

  • I there Thinker, welcome to the forum, but sorry for why you're here. I don't have breast cancer, but I have 3 other types of cancer for over 5 years now and still kicking. I wanted to respond to your post though as I see no one has as yet. By me responding, your post will be bumped up to the first page again and hopefully, someone who can relate will answer. About all I can say is that cancer of any kind is for sure, a terrible disease, and it is something no one ever wants to get, but when we do, we have to do whatever we can to treat it. At first diagnosis of course, all of us are scared and we automatically think of the worst possible outcome, but in today's world, a cancer diagnosis is not an automatic death sentence like it used to be. Research has come a long way in learning better and more effective ways to treat cancer.

    I hope someone will respond to you post soon. Good luck with it.

    Lorraine