tubular carcinomas

Hi tamgam - I'm so glad to find someone else with a tubular cancer!  I was diagnosed in January 2009 and had a similar sized growth to you.  I was recommended lumpectomy with radiation to follow then tamoxifen for 5 years (I was 43 at diagnosis).  Like you, I was told that this is a good, slow growing cancer, but the diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue.  I couldn't wait to have surgery and get rid of it.  Slow growing it might be, but I did not want it in there.  Incidentally I also had about 5 cysts in the other breast and had worries about follow up and what might happen to that breast over time - I don't like going to the doctors and felt that anxieties about the other breast would be difficult.  I eventually requested a bilateral mastectomy and after a series of visits with the breast surgeon, plastic surgeon, oncologist and radiologist, eventually had bilateral mastectomy and tissue expanders in Feb 09 with exchange surgery to silicone implants in October 2009.  The surgery went well and I'm doing great.  I take the tamoxifen and get the odd side effect but nothing much.  I don't worry about recurrence or more cancer although sometimes I worry that I should be worried.  Human nature is a funny thing!

I haven't been on this site for a while so have just come across your post - you should have had surgery by now?  I do hope you're well and doing OK.  It's a funny cancer to have really - I sometimes feel quite isolated as it's difficult to find much information out there about tubular Ca.  I have to keep reminding myself though that if I have to have cancer, it's a good one to have. Do let me know how you are.  My thoughts are with you.x

I am wondering what treatment everyone had for tubular BC after you had a lumpectomy? I am on the fence about the next stages on what to do?