Hi all, I’ve been lurking a little while as I play the waiting game. I was diagnosed with IDC, hormone positive, protein negative. No clue of staging yet. Tumour is about 4cm, apparently I’ve “busy” breast tissue, lots of cysts and hard to visualise the tumour properly to come up with a clear surgical plan so I was referred for an MRI which I had last week. No evidence of lymph node activity on the ultrasound so the initial game plan was surgery including a sentinel node biopsy, radiation to follow and hormone medication. The MDT meet today so I got a phone call early this morning asking if I could come in today at 12:30. And cue the spiral! I’m prepared for anything to come at me today but wow, I feel overwhelmed. I was expecting that I’d need chemo based on what the radiologist had told me during the ultrasound and biopsy so when I got my official diagnosis from the consultant, hearing I might not need it seemed like a weight off. I knew that all cards were still on the table until the MRI results came back though. If at all possible I want to avoid a block dissection of the lymph nodes as I already had one on left groin. All of this is awful but when I get through it, I’d rather not have lymphoedema in two limbs, one being my dominant hand! A lot of feelings right now. Sorry for the ramble.
Sending love and strength
Sending a handhold and strength to get through this.
Thanks so much. It’s been a day. We live about 1.5 hours from the hospital so when we were about to leave, I got a phone call from my daughter’s (13) school. She had had a collision during PE and had blurred vision 
So my husband went for her and brought her to A&E to be diagnosed with a concussion and my lovely mother came with me to the appt. To my relief, the MRI was clear other than the tumour and I’ve been scheduled for a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy next Friday. Staging and treatment plan to be determined after surgery and genetic testing. Once I heard that, all I wanted to do was to get home and check on my poor girly. She’s thankfully fine now and we’re keeping a close eye. Such a rollercoaster of emotions 
What a day! These things never happen in isolation do they? Glad your MRI scan showed nothing extra .