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Hi, I'm 52 and was diagnosed with stage 1 ILC in my left breast. After a MRI they realized it was 5.8 cm wide and classified it as stage 3. I'm hormone positive but HER2 negative. they originally recommended a lumpectomy and reconstruction, but now say that is not an option and I need a mastectomy and radiation. Is it normal for them to get the size so wrong? I'm very nervous about the radiation and the hormone blocker. I just cant help feel like I will never feel normal again.
Also was anyone else so tired before being diagnosed? Is this a symptom?
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Hello, I’m 55 and was diagnosed the day before thanksgiving with lobular breast cancer. Doc said the thought it would be stage 1 but the MRI showed it much bigger than expected. It’s 5ml, so stage 2. I’m also hormone positive and HER2 negative. I meet with the chemo doc tomorrow. I’ll have 6 rounds of chemo then a mastectomy. I’m probably going to go ahead and just do both so I (hopefully) won’t have to go through this again. Any thoughts on this? No one has even said “radiation” yet.
I have not been tired nor do I have any symptoms at all. I was absolutely astonished when I was diagnosed.
I’m thanking God every day that it was picked up on the MRI and for all the advances made in breast cancer treatment.