Hi @pinklizzie1 your story shows that we know our bodies better than anybody and persistence pays off. I found a lump in one breast and then an MRI to size it put a spanner in the works and found another primary tumour in the other. It wasn’t seen on the mammogram. I’ve had a bilateral lumpectomy and have annual mammograms, I asked if I could also have an MRI because of my situation and was told no. I then said well it didn’t find one tumour and was told mammogram are the follow up.
I found it hard that both my boobs had let me down and struggled to check them for quite a while. But now after surgery, chemo, Herceptin and radiotherapy and with time, I’ve been able to do regular self checks.
I’m sorry to hear about your sister, there are so many people out there if you mention your diagnosis or side effects they then start on about they have something similar. I want to shout ‘No you don’t, you’ve not had cancer or the treatment so how can you know how I feel’. But my usual reply is to smile politely.
As you are also HER2+ there is a very active thread you may want to join
Take care
