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Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 23 5:01pm | Replies (556)Comment receiving replies
Thank you so much for the reply. This is happening so fast. Mammogram the middle of June, tumor biopsy -5.8 cm invasive lobular carcinoma. Lymph node biopasy (cancer). CT scan and bone scan last week (pretty clear, just watch). And now surgeon and oncologist want chemo, masectomy, then radiation.
Mine is not triple negative but is in lymph nodes. Your treatment sounds like the plan for me. I am so happy to hear your treatment is successful.
Did you get reconstruction at the time of masectomy? That worries me too since reconstruction is started before radiation.
Again thank you.
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Hi mjorskir,
I decided to do masectomy without reconstruction because at 67 I didn't want more surgery my oncologist explained what would be involved and I didn't want to go thru more surgeries. They said I could have lumpectomy but my thoughts were since they don't know alot about tnbc and Ilbc I want to give myself the best chance. I only had the cancer breast removed and I am glad I did but it is an adjustment. Finding bras and looking in the mirror at first is an adjustment. Look at pictures of reconstruction and masectomy without reconstruction. From what I learned large tumors and cancer in lymph nodes requires chemo first
Ask the surgeon alot of questions. Ask the oncologist, nurses, all your questions. I made a list of questions because it does all happen fast in the beginning. I hope this helped and sending hugs for you thru out your research.