Hi all, I was diagnosed two weeks ago and I am in hospital on Monday 30 June. I am having lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed. I went for a routine mammogram in January and got the all clear, in Arpil I found the lump. The doctor thought it was nothing to worry about but sent me for a check up at the hospital. I had a biopsy and it was positive. I had another mammogram and again it didn’t show up. I still cannot believe this is happening. I am really nervous about the surgery. It is comforting to read your posts and know I am not alone. Take care junieliz
Hi junieliz
Firstly, I would like to welcome you to the Forums and assure you that your feelings of anxiety are entirely normal and you have come to the right place to find sources of help and support, I am sure you will receive lots of helpful advice and support from our users.
I have given below a link to a Breast Cancer Care publication Resources Pack that you might find helpful. It can be ordered on line, and is filled with information to help you better understand your diagnosis, test results and the various treatments available.
breastcancercare.org.uk//content.php?page_id=7514
I do hope you find it a useful read.
Kind regards.
Louise
Facilitator
Hello Junieliz - I am so sorry to read about your diagnosis. It is a terrible shock and I am sure that your head is all over the place at the moment. I am so pleased that you have come across this site, because I can assure you that you will get lots of support from other ladies who have been through all of this before you and who will be only too happy to answer your questions and to support you through the coming weeks and months. I had a WLE last November, and it really was all very straightforward and I was just in hospital overnight. I have been so thankful that I was able to keep my breast, as that is certainly not the case for everyone. Please do ask us anything that you want. Have you got family/friends to support you? Thinking of you - You will get through this you know, although at the moment it must seem totally devastating, once you know what treatment you are going to have and get underway it is in someways better than that nightmarish time of waiting for test results. Good luck. Sarah
HI junieliz Feel I must endorse what Sarah said we are all hear for you!!! I had WLE Nov 07 same as Sarah also 1/7 lymph node affected . Op overnight stay hospital , chemo and know 6 days into my 25 doses of radiotheraphy. Cannot beleive it all because I was having yearly Mamms what a difference a year can make or in your case months. Do hope your scenario wo’nt involve same treatment as me !!! Not a picnic but as you will see a lot of us are on the home straight now. Wishing you all the very best let us know how it goes. Love Bobbie
hey junieliz!!
i had to go a little further and have a mastectomy but it wasn’t the end of the world at all. it’s all weird at the beginning but support from BCN…friends… family… makes all the difference.
mine didn’t show up on mammogram or ultrasound but the wee blighter was there and was/is being dealt with. I’m having last chemo next week and yes i’m tired but i haven’t been ill during it and am going on hols in July before rads. I was 49 last nov when diagnosed and apparently i have dense breast tissue which is why it didn’t show up on anything except core biopsy and MRI.
the time honoured phrase here is that it is doable - nobody’s going to say it’s a picnic but it’s doable!
take care - try to have a lovely w/end and take ear plugs to hosp… other people snore (LOL… i am that woman)
jen
Hello junieliz, hope all goes well for you. I will be thinking of you. I am newly diagnosed as well and going for surgery the following week. My head is all over the place, perhaps we may swap notes. Mine was picked on my 1st mammogram, I am 51. No lumps, so having a wire localisation excision. My GP said she would go for a mastectomy, but can’t face that at the moment. To all of you ,I have been lurking on this forum and love the hints you give, like what to take in with you, including earplugs. Thank you and will look forward now to joining in with you.
Hi JillyH and Junieliz,
I too had a surprise diagnosis beginning of May and had a wire WLE and sentile node biopsies. I had mine done as a day case. Shoulder stiff but loosened with exercises. Operation not as bad as expected, I just hated going from departments to other places in the hospital things done on the morning of my op! Nodes clear but start rads next week for 20 doses.
Don’t be hard on yourself, but somehow you do get through it. I still have weepy days and thought I’d overcome them until I came out of the rads unit this week… as many of us say, you do somehow get through it and take what is offered.
Hope all goes well for both of you.
I have found this web site invaluable.
Toffee
Hi Junieliz
Like the others I am very sorry to hear that you have been told you have BC. It is a shock to all who get this news and you will probably be totally confused with everything that is happening. I was dx in January after I discovered a lump which turned out to be a 16mm grade 1 tumor. I had WLE and node sampling followed by 29 rads and am on tamoxifen now for 5 years. The surgery itself was very straight forward and I was able to return to work 2 weeks later - my choice, no pressur from my employers.
I hope your operation goes well and I will be thinking of you on Monday.
Let us know how you are getting on.
Love Lilac
Hi Junieliz
As everyone here has said I am so sorry to hear of your dx. Just like yourself I too had a routine mammogram in Jan and was given the all clear so it came as a shock to find a 3cm lump in may. The other ladies here are of incredable support and comfort and are always happy to answer any questions, thay have being wonderful support for me.
I recieved my dx last week. I am having a WLE in a couple of weeks and I am nervous, to top it off my op in on my birthday. However its probably the best birthday present I shall ever recieve…getting rid of this dam thing!
Ask as many questions that you can possible think of before surgery. That was the advice given to me from my BC nurse yesturday.
Good luck for monday, I will be thinking of you
Catherine x
Hi all, I would like to thank all of you for you kind words of comfort. Yes I have a very caring family who are supporting me all the way. It has been like a worldwind still is unbelievable. It must be like this for everyone, it makes you look at life so different now, we all take so much for granted. My sister was having operation for gynecologic cancer on the morning that I went to the doctors so the shock of being diagnosed as well was unbelievable. I will keep you informed of my progress, love and best wishes to all of you, junieliz
hi junieliz,
i have just been diagnosed too, I am just in total schock. I’m 36 and have a 9 year old daughter. People kjeep telling me of people they know who’ve had BC and lived for years and years and that is SO GOOD to know.
When is your surgery? Mine is July 14th.
Hi rosemarywine, I can certainly understand your shock, sorry about your diagnosis. My dear sister who is also going through cancer keeps telling me we have to keep positive. We are helping each other and hopefully we will be able to beat this. We can all help each other through this difficult time. Hope your surgery goes ok, mine is this Monday the 30 June. I asked my sister was she nervous and she said it has to come out and that is what I am now thinking, yes I am nervous but don’t have any choice, as she said it has to come out. Best wishes to you junieliz
Junieliz, just wanted to say I will be thinking about you tomorrow and anyone else going for surgery. Wish you well, xxxxx
Julieliz and JillyH
Good luck to the both of you this week.
Please keep in touch.
Jo
Junieliz good luck for you op tomorrow, hope you manage to read this before you go to hospital.
Hi all, I have had my surgery, four days in hospital, a bit uncomfortable but home now. I went for a check up on Monday and I am going this morning for the results from the operation. I am again nervous but hopeful fingers crossed I will be ok. Thank you for your love and support will keep you posted, love junieliz
So glad to read that you are home again. You will be so much more comfortable in your own bed, and hopefully you can take things easy and enjoy being spoilt! Worth keeping going with regular painkillers while you are uncomfortable, but don’t forget to take something to stop you getting bunged up as well! Good luck when you go for your results this morning - is someone going with you? A second pair of ears can be such a help, or do feel free to write things down as you go along, there is so much to take in it can all end up a bit of a blur. Will be looking in to see how you are. Go gently! Love Sarah
Good luck with the results today…thinking about you.
Love, Maggie.
Hi all, I went for results today and was told that another two were removed and it had gone to my lymph nodes, so I have to have a mastectomy, it will be as soon as a bed is available. I am still in pain from op and am waiting to go in again, this does take some getting my head around. Thank you for all your kind thoughts will keep you posted love junieliz
Dear Junieliz
How very gently you have written “this does take some getting my head around” - the understatement of the year I would think. All of us who have had a WLE have had to go back and hear whether more surgery was needed, but I was one of the lucky ones and only needed the one op. I can only imagine the disappointment and turmoil that you must be in now, and I am so sorry that you have to face this additional op and all that it entails. I am sure others will be along soon who have had to have a mastectomy, and they will be able to share their experiences with you. So for now, just to say I am so sorry, it must all be very surreal at the moment, please take good care of yourself and just take one day at a time. Yes please - let us know how you get on. Love Sarah x