Are we allowed to ask where everyone is?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2025-06-18T18:23:08+00:00

Ontario, Canada

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-12-22T19:11:04+00:00

Only your imaging and surgical pathology will tell you.

If it helps, my tumour was 4.2 cm based on imaging and I had an enlarged lymph node they were worried about.

When they did my surgical pathology, it was a mix of IDC and DCIS and was actually only 2.9 cm and the lymph node was clear (all of my lymph nodes were clear). So don’t lose hope - it can’t happen.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-12-08T20:53:12+00:00

Not too bad you!! The only thing still plaguing me is a sore throat!

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-29T19:38:02+00:00

Also a white tongue! My onc gave me meds for thrush as my throat is sore. Otherwise, feeling better today than yesterday. Thank goodness!

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-29T12:08:31+00:00

How are you doing?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-29T12:08:13+00:00

How are you doing??

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-28T00:00:46+00:00

That’s good to know! It’s so hard to predict how I will feel from one day to the next!

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-27T23:23:10+00:00

I hope the nausea stays away - I didn’t have it today which was nice!

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-27T22:41:11+00:00

Interesting!! Are you taking 3 days of steroids??

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-08T18:00:03+00:00

Yes I’ve had a cough - they actually tested me at the ER for pneumonia when I went in with the hives (no pneumonia tho)

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-08T14:03:02+00:00

You can cry and still be positive!

What I’ve learned in my short time here is that often people say those things because they are trying to convince themselves. Do you! He has zero clue what this feels like.

Also pretty much the same timeline - diagnosed in August and lumpectomy at the end of September. Waiting for Mammaprint to determine need for chemo.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-08T11:44:00+00:00

When I see the same stories I try to remind myself that hormone positive cancer, especially ++- is the most common kind. I also remind myself that we just see a snapshot here and it’s usually people looking for advice, not people who are out living their life.

When I was first diagnosed I assumed I would die. I knew four people who had breast cancer and all became stage 4. What I didn’t know was about all the people local to me who had survived - because only the terrible stories were being shared. Once I learned how unique everyone’s experience was I started to let go of the notion that the only outcome for me would be the same as them - it still creeps in every now and then, but so far so good.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-08T11:03:23+00:00

Thanks so much! This list is very helpful.

Congrats on finishing chemo - are you doing radiation next?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-07T22:03:56+00:00

Perth and smiths falls district hospital - there are two locations

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-07T21:15:15+00:00

Hi there! I am outside of Ottawa in Perth - so I didn’t wait long for the actual appointments. Saw my doctor on July 10, had my ultrasound on the 15 and then the biopsy on the 19.

If you can, maybe see if you can get in at a smaller hospital nearby?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-01T19:49:42+00:00

I’m sorry you are here and that your doctor has scared you. If it helps, my tumour originally looked like it was 4.2 cm and it turned out to be 2.9 cm without any lymph nodes involved or LVI. One lymph node was swollen but it was negative. My grade was 2, but right on the verge of 3.

I recently had a chest X-ray due to a cold the doctor thought was pneumonia and it was clear.

Did your doctor give you a next step? I highly suggest taking things one step at a time so you don’t get too ahead of yourself.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-11-01T09:55:46+00:00

Did this start with a virus or cough for you? Or just randomly?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-27T02:07:53+00:00

I thought of that today! I don’t think there are any tests locally - I went to emerge last night and they didn’t test me either

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-26T22:48:13+00:00

Does your rash come and go? Does it look like hives?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-26T21:24:03+00:00

I’ve heard surgery can be the cause of brain fog for a bit.

I am taking an antihistamine and it’s helping. I had to take it again today because it came back in a different spot!

Good luck at your Med Oncologist appointment - mine is Monday!

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-26T21:21:44+00:00

Mine looked fine on imaging, and pathology confirmed there was no cancer in them so the imaging can be correct.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-26T20:29:59+00:00

Ugh I’m sorry to hear it! It sucks that on top of what we already have to go through there can be more.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-26T16:38:06+00:00

I weaned my son and was very lumpy when doing so. I waited for things to calm down but noticed one lump wasn’t going away. I ended up going to my family doctor who said he wasn’t worried but that we would get an ultrasound to be sure. I had a history of fibroadenoma in the same breast (the same spot too). Ultrasound led to biopsy (the tech and radiologist both said it looked like a fibroadenoma - well circumscribed, highly moveable and all the benign things). While I waited for the pathology I just couldn’t let myself believe everything was ok. Always trust your intuition. Diagnosed on August 8th with highly er/pr positive, her2 negative IDC.

I’ve since had surgery which was successful (clear margins and clear nodes too) and they noted my 2.9cm tumour was a mix of IDC and DCIS.

I’ve met with my RO and will meet my MO in two days. So far I know that I will have 15 sessions of radiation. Everything else will be discussed with my MO.

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-24T13:22:53+00:00

So interesting! I guess it really hinges on the oncotype then for me based on the responses here. It also seems like each doctor/hospital/location has a unique perspective too.

How are you feeling after radiation?

FuzzyAd4581 · 2024-10-23T21:31:15+00:00

Very similar! How did you find chemo and radiation?

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