I had a positve for cancer mamo in Oct 2009, I was then sent for an ultra sound which I was told could be just an infection of the lymphnodes, my primary care immediately became very concerned and refered me for a pet scan which lit up like a beacon on my left breast she then sent me directly to a surgeon who i believed was a good doc. he then refered me to get a biopsy of the primary tumor, which came back on xmas eve and was told by my primary care that i diffenently had invasive ductal carcinoma wonderful huh. then the following morning as we were about to set down with family for xmas breakfast we recieved a call from the surgeon who repeated the report that we were dealing with cancer. now the weird part they had a positive report no variations put because I was being treated at the VA hospital I had to have the report confirmed by a facility in Washington DC which didnt come back until the 7th of January, 2010. the report indicated that it was a worrisome cancer and and the main tumor was 1.7 cm. On Jan. 8,2010 I finally had my surgery I was in the operating room for 5hrs was told it would ony be 2 or3 at the most. they ended up doing a partial mas. with the tumor at 2cm and removal of lymph nodes with 18 of 20 cancerous well it took another week before I was told this info with the report indicating that I have stage 3 cancer and my surgeon had enough nerve to tell me they made a mistake and it really is a stage 1 with no problems. this was told to me a week after surgery well got copies of all my reports and was getting very fustrated while at this first visit he checked my wound and said I had alot of dead skin so he cut it away no problem.
well I went back the next week and he said I had more did skin and he removed it and left a hole under my arm about 1 1/2in to 2 in long by 1/2 in wide big holde huh not very pretty the following morning I got up and told my husband that I was not going back to that doc I wanted a new one so I called the cancer center near our home I was able to see the doc that day since I had all my records she was shocked at the treatment i wasnt getting I now have an appointment to see the hermatologist for chemo treatment this week and she also is sending me to a lymphodema clinic tomorrow she said becaause I will get it I just hope everything goes well now that i have the proper treatment available to me. the doc also indicated the I was in serious condition so treatment will be agrecive. Sorry for the complaining I just needed to get it of my chest,
