Hello Littlestar78,

I also had nipple discharge amd went to my GP with this symptom. They referred me to breast clinic and then they did ultrasound there but couldn’t see anything suspicious. They said they still would prefer to do total duct excision to make sure what is causing the brown discharge. I had the operation on 1st October and the results came back two weeks after. Recovery was better than I expected and within a week I went back to work. Unfortunately the results came back with some bad news. They found a 6mm invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and some high grade DCIS so they couldn’t get clear margins. I had to have another operation on 8th November with an attempt for the surgeon to remove more cancer and also sentinel node biopsy to see if it was spread to lymph nodes. I’m 36 years old with a 21 month old daughter so for me since the diagnosis life has changed a lot and I’m trying to be patient with everything happening. I hope you will get better results after your op and it is easy to say but try ro distract yourself as much as you can with the things you enjoy doing. Whether it is good news or bad news all we can do is to be as strong as possible. If you have any questions please dont hesitate to get in touch with me. Happy to help in anyway I can.

Hi Canarijaune,

I'm sorry to hear that you weren't so lucky.  How are you feeling now that you have had the second operation? Have you had your pathology results back from then?

A cancer diagnosis of any kind does indeed change our lives, particularly when you have such a young daughter. We only get the one life to live and a positive approach makes all the difference at this stage.

I lost my mum to breast cancer 21 years ago and, have had 2 bouts of breast cancer myself in the past 8 years. Fortunately, treatment has made tremendous headway in the interim and, there is no comparison between what my mum had and what I have experienced myself. At that stage it was almost taken for granted that people died from cancer. Now many of us are living with it.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Canarijaune,

I'm sorry to hear that you weren't so lucky.  How are you feeling now that you have had the second operation? Have you had your pathology results back from then?

A cancer diagnosis of any kind does indeed change our lives, particularly when you have such a young daughter. We only get the one life to live and a positive approach makes all the difference at this stage.

I lost my mum to breast cancer 21 years ago and, have had 2 bouts of breast cancer myself in the past 8 years. Fortunately, treatment has made tremendous headway in the interim and, there is no comparison between what my mum had and what I have experienced myself. At that stage it was almost taken for granted that people died from cancer. Now many of us are living with it.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine,

Thank you for taking time to reply to me. It took longer to recover from the second operation as it was a bigger operation. About 2 months it took for me to be able to move my arm properly. However now that it has been 6 months post op I have full movement and no pain and I can do any sort of activity. My pathology results showed high grade DCIS and stage2 IDC with no lymph node involvement. Currently I am on tamoxifen.

I am sorry to hear about your loss and also sorry to hear that you had breast cancer. I am new to this site so I am not sure if it is possible to message on privately here but I would like find more about how your past 8 years have been and what type of breast cancer you had during this period. Take care and would like to keep in touch.

Canarijaune xx