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  • Re: NWLY DIAGNOSED
    It sounds like your cancer is really similar to mine. They finally staged my cancer last week, because I did chemo and herceptin(because I am HER2 positive)first. They confirmed stage 1 with no lymph node involvement. I had a lumpectomy last week, finished chemo the 9th of September. Keep strong during chemo, it can be so emotionally and physically...
  • Re: NWLY DIAGNOSED
    I was diagnosed with Stage I invasive ductal carcinoma June 26. The worst few days were waiting to meet with my surgeon and onologist. I had a lateral masectomy July 23 for various reasons, and tomorrow, Oct. 15 I have my last chemo treatment. I put complete trust into my team of doctors and know the decisions I made were right for me. Yes, I still...
  • Re: What shall I do next?
    Good morning, My advice would be to definately seek another opinion and not only that, I would never go back to your current oncologist. When you find an oncologist that makes you trust them before you leave their office, you will know you have found one to follow. The one you went to unfortunately sounds like they are in it for the money period. Run...
  • Re: What shall I do next?
    Welcome to this site, I am pretty new to it, so hopefully you get this. You need to become proactive and assertive about this. I too was told I had calcifications, and an absolutely clean Mamo in January of 09. The end of April, I found the lump, and after a needle biopsy many weeks later, I found out that I had intraductal carcinoma, hormone affected...
  • What shall I do next?
    I found a lump on my left breat two months ago. Did mammagram three weeks ago and met a breast surgeon. When my breast surgeon met me the first time, she gave me her diagnosis in a very straight-forward way - saying that I had very dense breasts, she was concerned about microcalcifications, and that about 30% of people with similar symptoms were found...
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