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Newly Diagnosed DCIS Stage 0, Grade 2: Still reeling
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 9 4:37pm | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
@panarosmith I am hoping my story will be like yours I am so scared. I had a mamo last year and was fine but I have dense breasts. They did the call back this year then a sonogram right after the additional slides. Sent for core needle biopsy the results came back I have estrogen positive progestrin positive HER2 negative breast cancer. Waiting for MRI next week and then hoping it is only the one spot and then the lumpectomy and then the drugs..I am so scared about all phases of this. I am scared the MRI will show lymph nodes affected and I am scared of the estrogen blocker. I love how you say you are feeling great. I had to imediatly stop taking my hormone replacement estrogen so I am going into cold turkey menopause symptoms. How did you deal with all of this. I feel like I am doomed and and depressed and crying a lot.
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@sunshine1313 ,
I understand how distressed you must feel. This is the hardest part-the not knowing. Once you have all the information and you have a team you trust - it's just a matter of taking the next step. The lumpectomy was surprisingly less painful than I thought and recovery was short. Radiation was also very easy for me.
I was already done with menopause and not on hormone replacement so I'm sure there's not much estrogen to block.
In health,
Carol
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Dense breasts. I had never had a mammogram until the one i had at 60 to see my tumor. Two things i believe that were not true. Small breast can be dense, and any size breast can get breast cancer. I was very surprised when the diagnosis came back cancer. What? But the very moment i was told the suggested treatment, i had felt i picked the best breast surgeon, with knowledge, training and a kind compassionate soul. Once i saw and met my medical team i was calmed knowing that they are professionals. The surgeon, the oncologist, the plastics doctor and the nurses. They treat women and men like us daily, week after week and year after year. I had stage 2/Grade 3-HR+/PR-/HER2+/Brca2
I had few of the dreadful side effects from chemo. Fatigue and blood issues, but nausea was controlled by medication. I never got sick with nausea.
FEAR is normal. Faith is harder.
Truly, I took it a day at a time. I woke up and said how do i feel and what is up on the schedule.
I started treatment during Covid. No visitors. If you have anyone to take with you, please do. Please also come back here. We have been there and can help you face the fear. I was treated at COH. Whether you are at Mayo Clinic or any place. We all have treatment plans that are sometimes very similar.
https://www.cancercenter.com/cancer-types/breast-cancer/stages