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thereyougothenI had my follow up with the breast cancer people today. Unfortunately, I am one of the unlucky 10% and not one of the lucky 90%.
They found 2 areas of invasive breast cancer. One of which was 11mm. I thought that sounded huge, but the doctor said it wasn't. I don't really understand all of it, surely if it had been an 11mm lump we would have noticed it before, so obviously this one doesn't turn into lumps. Another reason to be grateful that I had the Paget's symptoms. without those, i'd still be ignorant of what was stalking me.
the positive news is that they took out 4 or 5 (i forget) lymph nodes (the ones in the breast) and they were all clear. there was also a wide clear margin of healthy breast tissue around the areas of cancer. but i guess it wasn't all so pre-cancerous after all.
it is herceptin positive, the lab report said 3+, I don't know what scale the 3 is on, but the doctor said it was positive.
the thing is, i really should not have been there today - they haven't had the case conference about me yet, so they have not come up with a suggested "adjuvant" treatment regime. the consultant is away, and i think i got sent an automatic appt at 3 weeks post-op, but they should have waited a week. the case conference is on monday. i have another appointment to go back on wednesday. i could have (and would have much preferred) to spend the next 5 days in blissful ignorance of this. i wouldn't have been worried, i was convinced going in there this morning that it was going to be good news, i was incredibly shocked to hear that it wasn't, incredibly shocked.
i think there are 3 options, or is it three treatments - chemo, which i hope to god they don't suggest. he thinks it's unlikely, but doesn't want to say for sure until after the case conference. there's herceptin, and tamoxifen. there may be more options, i don't know. we decided not to ask too many questions this morning, i mean, why bother, really. i just wanted to get out of there.
i won't get radiotherapy, because they have got rid of all the cancer. or something like that.
i hope it's not chemo.
my mum and dad have taken the boys to macdonald's and then to see Ratatouille. this is good, because i really don't want to talk to them about it right now. they were here when i got home, so i have told them, so they know.
Bill has gone into work to a meeting. i told him to, it's fine, i can cope for a couple of hours on my own.
he got all my wire and beads stuff out for me before he went, so i will go now and sit and play with that.
things are pretty crap right now, eh?
They found 2 areas of invasive breast cancer. One of which was 11mm. I thought that sounded huge, but the doctor said it wasn't. I don't really understand all of it, surely if it had been an 11mm lump we would have noticed it before, so obviously this one doesn't turn into lumps. Another reason to be grateful that I had the Paget's symptoms. without those, i'd still be ignorant of what was stalking me.
the positive news is that they took out 4 or 5 (i forget) lymph nodes (the ones in the breast) and they were all clear. there was also a wide clear margin of healthy breast tissue around the areas of cancer. but i guess it wasn't all so pre-cancerous after all.
it is herceptin positive, the lab report said 3+, I don't know what scale the 3 is on, but the doctor said it was positive.
the thing is, i really should not have been there today - they haven't had the case conference about me yet, so they have not come up with a suggested "adjuvant" treatment regime. the consultant is away, and i think i got sent an automatic appt at 3 weeks post-op, but they should have waited a week. the case conference is on monday. i have another appointment to go back on wednesday. i could have (and would have much preferred) to spend the next 5 days in blissful ignorance of this. i wouldn't have been worried, i was convinced going in there this morning that it was going to be good news, i was incredibly shocked to hear that it wasn't, incredibly shocked.
i think there are 3 options, or is it three treatments - chemo, which i hope to god they don't suggest. he thinks it's unlikely, but doesn't want to say for sure until after the case conference. there's herceptin, and tamoxifen. there may be more options, i don't know. we decided not to ask too many questions this morning, i mean, why bother, really. i just wanted to get out of there.
i won't get radiotherapy, because they have got rid of all the cancer. or something like that.
i hope it's not chemo.
my mum and dad have taken the boys to macdonald's and then to see Ratatouille. this is good, because i really don't want to talk to them about it right now. they were here when i got home, so i have told them, so they know.
Bill has gone into work to a meeting. i told him to, it's fine, i can cope for a couple of hours on my own.
he got all my wire and beads stuff out for me before he went, so i will go now and sit and play with that.
things are pretty crap right now, eh?
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Date: 2007-11-02 06:42 pm (UTC)Take care.
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