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Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 17 9:58pm | Replies (46)Comment receiving replies
Denisesjourney,
Thank you for replying so quickly. You are the first person I have met that seems to have the same situation I have had. Mine is also invasive lobular estrogen positive. What made you choose the mastectomy over the lumpectomy the second time? I know it's still early, but how do you feel about your choice? I will also not need chemo, nor radiation if I get a mastectomy (which is one reason I am leaning that way, also just to know that the cancer is gone. This kind is sneaky, and I'm not convinced they will detect it by mammogram or MRI at an early stage if it re-occurs - I think I just got lucky this time). I will have to take a hormone blocker - we'll see how it goes. Hope your recovery goes well!
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I asked my surgeon what she would do in my situation with unclear margins. She said she would get the mastectomy. That was my next move. If my margins were clear I would have kept to the lumpectomy and radiation. Invasive lobular is very sneaky. They found my 3rd tumor by luck with ultrasound. The mammogram or MRI never caught it. It’s been a week since the mastectomy. I have one drain out and one to go. I’m healing but is a much harder surgery emotionally and physically than the lumpectomy was for me. I hope this helps.