Newly diagnosed

Hi. I am 33 years old with a 5 year old and a 5 month old baby. I was diagnosed last week with grade 3 stage 3 invasive lobular breast cancer. I am still in complete shock with it all. It started out as a bout of mastisis which then formed an abcess. I always had difficulty latching my baby on to my right breast to feed him and he seemed reluctant to feed from that side. After numerous tests (the ultrasounds kept on showing up clear!) My consultant decided to do and biopsy just to be sure. It was such and shock to find the cancer and then to see that it was so large and aggressive. I am going in for and ct scan today and am praying that it hasn’t spread too far. I really could do with some good news. Has anyone been through anything similar? I could really do with hearing some positivity right now.

Kat
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Hi Kat, 

I’m not surprised you are in a state of shock, what rotten news at a time when you should be enjoying your baby. 

It’s common for things to be missed as younger breast tissue is dense and anything sinister often won’t show up so good on your consultant for doing the biopsy as they could easily have dismissed you! 

We have plenty of ladies on the forum with young families and even pregnant women being diagnosed so you will be able go get plenty of advice and support from those further along than you , it’s so tough in there early days and all you seem to do is spend your time waiting on results but you will cope with what’s ahead and things won’t be as bleak as you may be imagining! 

Please keep in touch and let us know how things go xx 

 

 

Hi kat

I had grade 3 lobular bc last year. Its such a massive shock, I know, but I just wanted to say, after lumpectomy, chemo and rads, here I am cancer free. This can be treated, and you will get through it.

Sending a hug xx

Hi Kat sorry to hear about your recent dx. It is a shock but you will get through it. It seems like they take a long time from one test to the next and you feel like it is spreading like fire but my doctor reassured me it does not work like that . Have faith. I’m on my first chemo session with cisplatin after being dx with invasive ductal carcinoma. We have a long way to go but we can’t give up. We have to fight back.