Hi there,
first time poster, in fact i never thought i would ever find myself in this situation having no breast cancer in the the family, i also don’t match the usual risk factors but i guess that goes to show just how little we know about the reasons for getting breast cancer.
i found a firm lump about 2 weeks ago, GP referred to to a one-stop clinic and yesterday i had ultrasound, biopsy and mammogram. My breast consultant said i was a ‘mystery’ case, he said this because my initial biopsy have indeed suggested cancerous cells but the mammogram and ultrasound didn’t pick up anything. Is this a good sign? I’m getting an MRI done, he said if it is 100% cancerous it’s definitely early stage, but how can he know that if i haven’t don’t the MRI yet? I’m so worried and scared. Initially when he said this and told me its treatable i was relived and thought ‘cool, i’ll be fine’ but i’ve Since seen the statistics around reoccurrence, the stats that most survive more than 5 or 10 years, i’m only 35 years old... that’s not long :( i know this there are average statistics but i’d love to hear from others experiences, i don’t know anyone who has gone through this so it’s all so scary.
I’m seeing my consultant tomorrow for the full biopsy report, the lump size is 1.6cm on my left breast. He didn’t say mastectomy when he talks about treatments but i want to reduce any chances of it coming back, so i’m seriously now considering it?
Thanks for listening..