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TheNancyGirl
TheNancyGirl Member Posts: 40
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I've been lurking on your forum for the past week and reading LOADS.  This seems like a wonderful, active forum and I look forward to contributing.

I'm Nancy, mom to 3 boys - ages 4, 7 and 14.  I was 42 when I was diagnosed with IDC in May of 2011 (I just turned 43).  My mom is a 7 year breast cancer survivor.  My great grandmother died of breast cancer and I also have a maternal cousin that has it.  Plus an Uncle with Prostrate Cancer. My mom was post menopausal (I'm pre so I "think" that's a different breast cancer?) and we don't know if my grandmother was pre or post so I opted for bilateral mastectomy for piece of mind.  My post surgical pathology also showed DCIS.  I am BRCA1 negative (wish I would've had the BART test but didn't).

I had immediate reconstruction done. No chemo, no radiation and am on Tamoxifen with no side effects (yay me?).  :)

I'll be losing my local support as I'm moving out of state next month so your global forum seems like a good fit for me. 

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  • Cyborg
    Cyborg Member Posts: 848
    edited February 2012

    Hi. This a good place to start the research into treatment , etc. I read A LOT! I had my chemo and finished that July 2011 and had radiation which ended September19. No relatives with BC. keep reading and give yoirself breaks too. There are some terrific topics / threads.

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  • TheNancyGirl
    TheNancyGirl Member Posts: 40
    edited February 2012

    Thank you for the welcome Cyborg and contratulations on the end of your treatments!

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  • mcm24
    mcm24 Member Posts: 33
    edited February 2012

    Hi, I am new here, too. I was diagnosed with IDC in November. My diagnosis reads just like yours. I am turning 49 this month and the mother of  3 kids, 23, 21 and 17. I am having a bilateral mastectomy on Monday, Feb. 6 at Magee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. I have Cancer in one breast but don't want to go through this again down the road. I will be having immediate reconstruction with expanders and then implants down the road. I am praying that mine is not in the lymph nodes or grown into the chest muscle. I am very nervous and anxious, as you can imagine. It has been frustrating to wait since November 22 for surgery, but I had to endure several biopsies and then schedule both the breast cancer surgeon and the plastic surgeon. This site is a great source of information and support.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited February 2012

    Hi Nancy:  Welcome to the site.  It is a wonderful place to find comfort and support as well as educate yourself on surgery, treatment options and just share day to day challenges with this disease.

    I am 71, had my surgery in December, a lumpectomy, and didn't need chemo.  I decided to forego rads because a study said it didn't benefit 70+ women all that much with early stage cancers.  I am doing Tamoxifen which I will start on this coming week.  Hopefully I will be lucky like you and have no SE's.  I made some good diet and lifestyle changes and take lots of supplements to boost my immune system to prevent recurrence.

    If we can keep ourselves free of bc long enough, there are some really great vaccines being tested in clinical trials right now that, if successful, can rid our bodies of cancer once and for all!

    Sending you lots of positive energy! 

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  • theBCavenger
    theBCavenger Member Posts: 313
    edited February 2012

    Welcome Nancy - so glad you found this site! I have found so much help here, and have come to love checking in first thing in the morning.

    Happy to help with anything :) 

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  • Racy
    Racy Member Posts: 2,651
    edited February 2012

    Hi Nancy, I want to welcome you too and I echo what the other ladies have said. This site is a sanity saver if not a life saver. The information, support and friendship are amazing.



    I'm glad you seem to be through the active phase of treatment but you will find questions or issues continue to crop up that you can come here to talk about.



    You can also make friends and maybe get to meet them in the non virtual world!

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  • sflow
    sflow Member Posts: 297
    edited February 2012

    McM--I am from your area and sent you a PM

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  • mdg
    mdg Member Posts: 3,571
    edited February 2012

    Glad you found this site.  It has been great for me all through treatment and after.  Where are you moving too?  There could be a local group of ladies from these boards that get together.  I moved from MI to IL in August and found a whole group of wonderful BC.org ladies here that I chat with and meet up with.  Good luck with the move!

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  • TheNancyGirl
    TheNancyGirl Member Posts: 40
    edited February 2012

    Thank you all for the warm welcome.  Too bad we had to "meet" under these circumstances but am glad that this forum exists.

     mdg, I'm moving from Austin, Texas to north Arkansas (to the BOONIES! :) )  When you moved, how quickly did you make an appointment to see/meet your new oncologist?  Do I just wait for my next scheduled appointment or make an appointment soon after I get there in case I need an oncologist sooner? 

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited February 2012

    Hi Nancy. I am sorry you have to join us but hope you will find as much comfort, support & friendship on these boards as I have. Looks like our diagnosis are almost identical. We are here for you regardless where you live.......

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  • rjbaby69
    rjbaby69 Member Posts: 349
    edited February 2012

    Welcome Nancy.  Sorry that you are here but this is a very good place to be if you have BC.  The ladies (and men) are absolutely wonderful and a wealth of information.

    I see that you are moving to North Arkansas well I'm your neighbor in South Arkansas.  I am about 35 miles south of Little Rock.  I have had all my treatments through Baptist Breast Center and every one has been wonderful.  I hope your experience here in Arkansas is the same.

    HUGS!

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  • Lumpynme
    Lumpynme Member Posts: 747
    edited February 2012

    nancy-hi- i would suggest scheduling an appt with teh new MO soon as you can get in in case there would be a need- kindof give time for them to gather all records/reports get you established..not all centers/offices work as smoothly as the next.....jmho

    you'll have so much else to establish with having kids to move-drs, schools, banking etc--i would just put the MO on your list to do and be done!

    good luck on your move- we moved in january from MI to Ohio to get near my grown kids for support .

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  • Msbelle
    Msbelle Member Posts: 235
    edited February 2012

    MCM24- I had a double mastectomy just a few days after you with reconstruction. I have the expanders in and follow up this week with doctor. I am so uncomfortable!! I feel like I have bricks in me. It feels so tight. Do you feel the same? I also started chemo last week so I am feeling a double whammy!

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