Is this really happening... 😓

BeautifullyBroken4284

Hey everyone. So I posted earlier this week about having a radiologist tell me I have breast cancer by simply seeing my ultrasound and mammogram on Tuesday 01/24/17. By Thursday 01/26/17 I was back at the breast center having 3 of the 5 mass's biopsied. 4 of which are ok my breast and one isn't in my lymph nodes. Then at 3pm on the dot while picking my youngest daughter Aaliyah up from school the call came in from my nurse coordinator. Jennifer the pre-lim results came in and you have Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. She then spoke of more things but my mind was in a complete trance. She didn't give me a stage and said she should be able to tell me by Monday 01/30/17. On 02/03/17, I'm going in to have a bilateral breast MRI. Things in a matter of moments changed my entire life, as well as my daughters. So many thoughts are going through my mind. Will they do chemo first, or take my breasts. What about radiation? Cancer on top of already having a auto immune diease. Who knew...... needless to say today my two good friend rallied and have decided to throw a kick off the fight against breast cancer party on 2/4. With a donated banquet room, dj, photopgrapher etc. As some women I know have traveled down the road of breast cancer I never thought it would happen to me. The emotions are still coming in waves. I'm positive, or I'm crying, or I'm On auto pilot, or I'm starring at the wall in disbelief. Life sure has changed so fast. From what I understand once the ball gets rolling on treatment it goes so fast which is good but scary. I don't know now if it really matters or not, but I'm really curious as to what stage they are going to diagnose me at. Does nayone have any insight on how they may stage it? I know someone who was diagnosed with stage 2 from having only 2 mass's. I have 5 one of which is my lymph node. Ranging from the size of 6mm to 2 centeimeters.

MinusTwo

Beautifully - Sorry about the diagnosis. Yes, it is a very emotional & difficult time. Try to find things to do until you meet with the doc so you don't focus on it. As someone mentioned in your other thread, don't go checking with Dr. Google. There are too many scare stories out there and much outdated information. And no, no one will be able to give you definitive information except your doc. Once you know more about your diagnosis, what is your hormone status, what they're recommending for treatment, etc - please do post those things in My Profile so we will be able to give you some thoughts.

MinusTwo

BTW - it would have been helpful if you'd continued to post at your previous thread so everyone had the history. Maybe you should check in there and refer them to this new thread.

BeautifullyBroken4284

I just moved it over to my original post