hi all
many thanks for all comforting and informative comments from my previous posts.now i’m confused and wonder if any of you can help me make sense of it all
first of all i am 43 ,premenipausal with no kids. i was told i had 2 tumours…one 42 mm and one 12 mm and one is IDC and one is ILC though i don’t know which one is what.my doc also says i am er - and cannot have hormone treatment. i have a mascectomy on the 4th july and i asked him about taking off both my breasts but says he has no need to. i am really stressed out about this because i really don’t want to through with this twice.do i trust the doc or can i insist on this.also what does being er- mean as far as treatment goes.if anyone can help i would really appreciate your views
regards karen
Sorry no on has replied to your post
Are the tumours in different breasts??? If they are I would certainly want to know why they are not considering double mastectomy. Invasive means it has grown outside the area it started whether it be ductal or lobular. I have also heard of women who have insisted a double even if one breast is cancer free!
Sorry i have been not much use
Julie XXX
Hi there Karen,
Why do you want a double mastectomy? If both tumours are in the same breast then the single mastectomy should contain it. Are you having chemo and/or rads as well?
I’m not well up on oestrogen or progesterone negative treatments but I know there are many ladies here that are, I’m sure they will soon pick up on tis thread.
hugs
Hi Karen,
I can only really comment on ER- which means that the tumour is not hormonal fuelled and therefore you will not need any hormone inhibitors following your treatment.
Good luck with your decision with your mastectomy.
A xx