Was diagnosed 7 weeks ago with invasive ductal cancer in left breast. After having a mammogram, ultrasound and core needle biopsy the results came back saying it was a grade 3 breast cancer, an aggressive type. Last week I underwent a WLE and sentinel lymph node biopsy and I’m now waiting for the full results in 10 days time. It has all happened so quickly that I find it hard to take it in at times. The enormity of the whole ‘cancer’ thing doesn’t seem quite real. Does anyone feel the same? I’m sore, bruised and in some pain after the surgery but it still seems that it’s happening to someone else and not me. I am dreading them saying that it has spread to lymph nodes and where else I wonder? I suffer with fibromyalgia and the emotional stress of all of this has flared my ‘fibro’ up as well - so not only do I feel totally exhausted at times but when I feel another pain in my body, I’m thinking has the cancer spread? I had pains in my left breast off and on for a few months before it became a concern to me and went to doctor and found a lump, I was thinking that pain was my fibro! Does anyone have fibromyalgia as well as breast cancer?
Hi Nellie,yes it does feel very surreal when you are first diagnosed and even further on in your treatment ,like it is happening to somone else .I think just about everyone I have ever spoken to has thought their cancer has spread ,you become hyper aware of every ache and pain when you are diagnosed and things you would t have thought twice about become sinister in nature .Good luck with your results .jeeeping everything crossed for you .Jill.
Or even “keeping” everything crossed for you!!
Hi Nellie,I sorry you didnt have better news,but women with many nodes affected are still alive and kicking many years later.Chemo will hopefully kick its butt !!!Hard to talk to friends and family as you don’t really want to share your anxieties and scare them .There is lots of support here.When you know when you start chemo,get onto one of the monthly threads and you will get lots of advice and support .Jill
Hello , I have fibromyalgia , and I have breast cancer.i have had the wide excision lumpectomy and I get the results of that next Wednesday . I was told 2days after the op that it was bigger than they expected and growing faster than they expected.
i wish I had asked for a mastectomy just to be rid of it. I still don’t feel real about it all.
does everyone cry like me.
my very best wishes for your progress. Xx Ruth
Good luck with your results Ruth.Its a very emotional ,scary time,feels very surreal in the beginning in particular.Yes ,I shed a lot of tears ,particularly on my own in the middle of the night.