Newly DX with IDC 3cm tumor

Mary ~ much of your treatment depends on the pathology of your bc. do you know if it is estrogen/progesterone positive? do you know the HER2 status? Do you have a copy of your pathology report? It's possible you will need chemotherapy and or radiation ~ but nothing will be definate until they do the lymph node biopsy and get a "whole picture" of your situation. I'm sorry that you have to go back in ~ I know all too well how stressful it all is and I will send positive vibes your way that all goes well for you. Let me know if there is anything I can to to ease the anxiety that comes with all of this...

Hi MaryO,

I was just diagnosed a couple months with IDC, when you get you lymph node status back if you are negative, then the medical oncologist will show you the options of chemotherapy and how it may lessen your chance of recurrence in the future. If your lymph nodes are positive, they will encourage chemotherapy to catch cancer that may have spread. they may also run other body scans to see if any other cancerous tumors are in other organs. there is a lot of info on the web about breast cancer and from what i understand most is pretty accurate. There are thousands of women newly diagnosed yearly and the research is remarkable. We have a lot of hope and options.

Hang in there and May the Lord Jesus protect and guide you.

Amber

I'm going to pipe up here and echo Michele's encouragement Mary.  With surgery ahead of you and the likelihood of chemo I very much recall how scared and hopeless I felt in similar circumstances last year.  I made it through multiple surgeries, several chemotherapies, radiation treatment and here I am. Feeling pretty healthy and getting my life back in order.  It all seems so daunting and hopeless at the beginning of the journey but, please believe me when I tell you, you can do this.  You will do what has to be done (surgeries, chemotherapy) to get the cancer out of your body and to live a long a happy life.  Come back when you need us.

t

Hi Mary, I was dx with IDC in Oct,07, and I am almost through taxol treatments. You can get through this, just take it one day and one test at a time. I had a partial mastectomy with positive nodes, all of my scans were clear of cancer. Just keep coming here and ask any questions that you may have, these ladies are so helpful.  Good luck

It is easy to say take it one step at a time, but it is true. have you had an ONCODX test done yet? I am over 13 years out with almost same DX Take a deep breath. The hard part is getting the treatment plan in place and you need the after surgery pathology report to do that. Be sure to have Doctor also plan PT rehab for after surgery to get you healed up. Sending hugs 

while I was in kinda of an limbo during treatment, I couldn't leave the house due to complications so I taught myself the computer, digital photography and geneaology...at a very slow pace...many years ago now...it also took my mind off of so many things..