Just found out, Nana's got breast cancer

NoBlame

  My grandmother who raised me just found out this week she has stage 2 breast cancer. This is such a nightmare, I hate this!

  At this point I'm trying to learn as much as I can but there's still so much I dont know. Like the lab report she got doesnt say if she's HER2 positive or not...I'm really scared about that.

  Nana's naturally terrified and taking this one step at a time. She's talked to a couple of survivors already, now she's trying to decide wich hospital to go to and wich surgeon she wants. She's hopefull that she'll only have to have a lumpectomy. I really just want to drag her into the nearest operating room and scream at the first surgeon I see to axe both of her stupid traitor breasts and dig out every detectable lymph node while he's at it! I know that sounds crazy, but I just want to...just slaughter that damn cancer and keep Nana with me, no matter what it takes! But I can't do anything for her. It's all in the hands of a bunch of doctors and lab techs who dont know anything about how wonderful she is and how important she is to me when they clock out and go home for the weekend.

  I dont know. I just need to vent to someone. My family's not really talking about it. Nobody wants to upset anybody else. I thought there would be a lot of people here who understand what I'm feeling.

Thanks for reading,

~Jess

Melinda41

Jess:  big hug to you ((((jess)))). My mom is "Nana" also. I laughed about you taking her to the ER and getting someone to take an axe to her traitor boobs. I felt the same way about myself.

But....take a breath. You have time to help her make good decisions, find good docs and do what needs to be done.

My pathology report came in three chunks, it is frustrating since I wanted all the info so I could learn as quickly as possible.

Is your Nana in pretty good health? Sounds like an odd question when she has cancer, but there are many factors that will determine how well she tolerates treatment.

You sound like a good granddaughter. You two are lucky to have each other, keep us posted.