Hi Ladies, I'm new to the site and figured I'm ready to speak to others in the same situation as me, I have loads of support but no one really gets how I feel which varies hourly! I was diagnosed on the 26th Nov with grade 3 invasive ductal incarsinoma which had spread to my lymph nodes, it hit me like a sledge hammer between the eye's. once I got over the initial shock I went into super positive mode, I think this was a survival mechanism that just kicked in, I've gone from being a strong well rounded individual to being an emotional wreck at the drop of a hat who can't remember anything! I had surgery on the 17th Dec to remove the lump and my nodes and went for my results on the 28th Dec, it was good news! Clear margins achieved and was only in 1 of the 17 nodes removed, I've been healing since then but have been super swollen and unable to sleep well but I just nap when I can, I start my chemo (EC) on Tuesday I'm having 6 lots 1 every 3 weeks followed by a 31 day break then radio therapy for 3 weeks every day followed by tamoxifen for 5 years. My consultant told me if I walked away now with just having the surgery I have 70% chance of being well in 10 years, the chemo buys me another 8% and the tamoxifen another 8%, that puts me at 86% so I can live with that I think? It scares me stupid thinking about the other option and it scares me about moving on after all the treatment, will my life ever get back to normal????
