Just diagnosed - very scared

Hi everyone.

so I got my diagnosis yesterday that the lump I found in my left breast was in fact cancer and although I am waiting for the last test to come back I currently have grade 3, double negative (but the consultant has said it will probably be triple negative) and also DCIS in the same breast.

I am 44 years of age, married and mum to an 11 year old boy and although I am facing this with as much positivity as I can I can’t help to feel a huge amount of dread as I lost my aunt to breast cancer and my grandmother (although this was 15 plus years ago).

Have been told I need chemo straight away and then possibly surgery but they also want to test for the BRAC gene so I have all the info available to me to make an informed choice about surgery if and when I need it. The lump is 14mm by 9mm and they think I have caught it early.

I have read so many different views of this type of cancer with regards to the success of treatment etc so would love to hear from any of you guys on the reality of this so I know what i am facing.

Any advice you can give me would be fantastic as feeling extremely vulnerable and scared right now.

Cheza xx

  • Hi there ...

    I'm an oldie breast lass .. had a grade 3 two years ago ...  and firstly you know all those I was newly diagnosed with, are still here ... and one lass just had a baby after treatment .. things have come a long way in breast treatments ... 

    Now there's a new thread called  "Breast clinic today and not looking good "  from a lass called Tay... if you look for that thread , there's two new lasses like you, just starting out .. when I was new on here, I found other newbies and we compared notes and helped each other through ... and wer all doing o.k .. 

    So yes it's scary .. esp where you are now, in those early days .. but reach out .. you can vent to your hearts content here .. but you know I cryed 2 days solid on hearing that word .. luckily my daughter in law was with me and wrote everything down ... 

    Then I found a pair of pink vertual boxing gloves and got in the ring ready for a fight ... I've got a tea shirt that says " cancer touched my boob ... so I kicked it's ***"   together wer strong .. and cancer doesn't want us strong ... it wants us to give up without a fight.... well it's got another thing comming ... so join in that thread they are really new here too ..  you can do this ....

    Chrissie... 

  • Hi there

    So sorry that you are going through this too.

    I am newly diagnosed myself having got my positive prognosis from my biopsy taken last week.

    At the moment I have been told that I have Invasive ductal Carcinoma stage 3. My other markers such as whether I am hormone positive or negative etc., I still am in the dark about.

    i have a dear friend who had similar to you about 3 years ago. She is through the other side now and doing well,

    if you ever want to talk I am Lorna

     

     

  • thank you so much Lorna.

    The offer is there from my side as well xx

    Cheza xx