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Thank you for putting into words what was my same experience a year ago. Exactly one year after the death of both of my parents by a livery car, I tried to catch up with my annual health exams. My mammogram revealed a Rice Krispie-size lesion in my fibrocystic breasts. I refused the bilateral mastectomy suggestions for lobular carcinoma in situ L. My lumpectomy revealed D.

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After 35 rounds of radiation and a miserable adventure with tamoxifen, I am fine seven years later. I, too, was diagnosed with D. I went home, did my own research and declined it all. This is the right decision for me. With a mother who had breast cancer at age 51, I had numerous biopsies, checkups and mammograms when I was 33 and They showed only calcifications but were nonetheless worrisome. Along came 50 and I was diagnosed instead with early-stage uterine cancer.

I am fortunate now, at age 70, to still be cancer-free. Day by day, we are ourselves free to react to that scare and live free. At 37, I went for a routine checkup to my gynecologist, and when he sat down to chat after the exam, I was expecting to leave shortly. A lumpectomy, radiation and a double mastectomy have left me cancer-free. I still hate looking at the massive scars across each breast. I still live every day with the fear it will return. But my friends were by my side the whole time, and something interesting happened as a result of such trauma: I learned to stop and smell the roses.

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Follow the ReaderCenter on Twitter for more coverage highlighting your perspectives and experiences and for insight into how we work. Choosing a mastectomy I started doing breast self-exams at age 40, just as I was told to do. Feeling too young I was 43 when I got the diagnosis of invasive ductal carcinoma I. This is no longer a disease for our moms and grandmas. Terror before tests Even though I know the odds are in my favor; even though my mother, grandmother and mother-in-law have all had breast cancer and survived long term; even though I know that the most likely outcome next week is that I will be annoyed that I had to use my floating holiday for this diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound, I am terrified.

Learning at a later age I, too, was diagnosed with D. Fighting fear With a mother who had breast cancer at age 51, I had numerous biopsies, checkups and mammograms when I was 33 and There is no history of breast cancer in my family.

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This is my story: On Thursday 21st Feb I went to the Oxford Clinic for a gynae appointment, and was recommended to have a laparoscopy for suspected endometriosis. At the time I was so sure that I had nothing wrong with my breasts.


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I had no symptoms, no lumps, no family history, except a cousin with breast cancer diagnosed back in , who had a lumpectomy, and a friend recently underwent a single mastectomy, so I guess they prompted me to get checked out just in case. So off I went for my second check-up of the day, and had my mammogram and I was told that I would get the results from my doctor in a few days. On Friday 22nd Feb I was telephoned from the clinic that I was required back for some more pictures, that there was nothing to worry about, that it was quite common for this to happen.

So on Wednesday 27th Feb, I was back at the clinic for more pictures. Once the pictures were taken, I was told I needed an ultrasound, just to look a little closer at something which was done straight away. Once I was laying on the bed for my ultrasound, I knew something was up.

And sure enough, they had found some things, in fact I had a lot going on in my breasts, which I was completely unaware of. I had lots of cysts in my right, a couple they wanted to check further, and a suspicious area in my left, which they needed to look into further.

On Monday 8th March I was in the MRI machine, totally new experience for me, which was to get a better picture of what was going on, and they did get a good clear map of things, and showed the left lump very well and also something attached to that. My next stage of the journey was some biopsies. I had 3 biopsies each in 3 different lumps. This was quite a worrying time, however, I stayed positive as I read that it is rare that these are cancer, they could all be benign. It was on Thursday 14th March that I met with the surgeon and was told I had ductal invasive breast cancer in my left breast.

Thankfully the right lumps were benign. However, my left breast was not so straight forward, and I had an extension to this main lump which was also suspicious. So I had a needle biopsy via the MRI machine, which was important to have for me, as I wanted to save my breast if I could, so finding out if this was cancer meant the difference of keeping or losing my left breast. The results were atypical, so I decided with all the info we had, that I wanted a lumpectomy, and to save my breast.

On 24th April , I had the surgery. I had to go for a hook wire biopsy before the surgery that morning, so the surgeon knew where to go, and the day before I had a Lymphoscintigraphy which is a small amount of radioactive dye put into my breast to locate the first lymph node. They take the first nodes and test them to see if they have cancer in them.

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All went well, and I woke up without a drain, my lymph nodes were clear, and they only took 3. So after recovery, I had more results to come, to find out about the margin of the tissue they took, the hormone receptors, the HER2 receptor. Turns out with all the pieces of the puzzle together now, my final diagnosis was ductal stage two cancer, PR and ER positive, HER2 negative.

The margin was clear, so they got it all out, and no more surgery was required, they saved my breast.

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Radiation Therapy and hormone treatment was part and parcel of the deal. My radiation treatment was for 4 weeks every Mon-Fri. There is a lot of terminology I have mentioned, mainly as I threw myself into the NZ breast cancer website and learnt all I could, so that when the experts talked to me, I knew what they were talking about, that was a comfort to me, and just how I handled it. All the people throughout the whole process have been wonderful caring people.

I felt completely looked after and have come through the other side, with more than I could have hoped for in the results, and more knowledge to help others. If I had to give some words of advice, I would just say what worked for me, which may or may not work for someone else. I got through, with being very open about my breast cancer diagnosis, accepting the reality of it, learning as much as I could, and following the experts advice. Having a network of people who you trust was essential for me, and my friends the yaya sisterhood kept me going, with humour and fun.

My husband supported me, took me to every appointment, was there for every test, and that was so important. So if it cannot be a partner, make it a close friend or family member, but do not go through this alone. I shared my experience, and that helped me get through. You will get scared, then worried, then brave, then depending on which way things go, you will get angry. These are all stages of feelings of grief; your brain will go berserk.

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My advice here is talk about it, get help, and find ways to handle it. I found things to keep my happiness levels up, I exercised I found swimming very good , read books, ate well, kept drinking my wine, kept laughing and kept positive. I tried to get back to normal as fast as I could. Take one day at a time, is the best advice I can give. If I had not gone for a mammogram, I may not have had the chance to live beyond my 50th birthday, if I had waited until 45 for the national breast screening, it would have been too late for me.