New Dx last week

Welcome
Welcome TT, but I am sorry for your need to seek us out. All the survivors here are very warm and understanding and can help with your fight. Just keep your positive up side.
Hugs to you, JoMama

JoMama54 said:

Welcome
Welcome TT, but I am sorry for your need to seek us out. All the survivors here are very warm and understanding and can help with your fight. Just keep your positive up side.
Hugs to you, JoMama

Tracey
We welcome you with open hearts and many cyber hugs. Although none of us wanted to be here ... on a discussion board for breast cancer ... we are here and we are all in this together. We are here to share our experiences, knowledge, fears and concerns. Please feel free to share whatever is on your mind ... questions you have etc. We are here 24/7 ... or at least it seems that way. Since we are from all over the place ... not just the United States ... with all of those time-zones ... and people who can't sleep nights and end up on the computer ... it seems that there's always someone here ... which is a very comforting feeling.

Even though few of us have met any others in person ... we have become a family. Some visit more than others ... but we are all here to support each other.

hugs.
teena

Hey Tracey!
Welcome! We share many things in common, including that I am also 39! Good idea not to google around - waaaaaay too much information, much of which is inaccurate or often does not apply.

The wisdom around these boards is incredible. The compassion will pull you through your darkest moments. And, even the old threads have immense value. Glad you are here. Look forward to hearing more from you!

Hope is always present!
KC

aurora2009 said:

Welcome TT
I'm so glad you found us!!!!!!!!

It sounds like you have the right attitude, I just wish that you had come here first to we could of told you to stay away from ther internet!(LOL)

But seriously there are some good sites out there and the ladies here can help you find those. Everytime they make mention of one I copy and paste it to a notepad that I keep saved on my desktop top, that way I know where to go and read what I need to know. I'm not to good at research.......anyway

You'll find very loving and suppoetive women(and men)here so come back often, and share your experiences, tell a joke, ask a question, or just plain vent when you need too. We'll be here for you.

And good luck with you surgury next Monday, it sounds like you found it early and that's a good thing. I also had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago, but mine was more invasive though so I have to have a re-incission tomorrow. I'm sure it's going to be Okay. I choose to think as positively as I can too. Today's it's working but sometimes it doesn't and that's went I ask for support here. Hope you will do the same.

Nice to meet you

Aurora

You have the Key: Being positive
I'm glad you found this website. We are your cheerleaders. Belief is a powerful tool, so continue to be positive. You are an inspiration.

Many blessings to all.

traceyt said:

Thanks
Traci
It really is a great name, right! I am going to stay off the net now that I found all of you guys! Will you have to do rads? Surgeon thought I would do rads & tamoxifen but I havent met with an onc yet
It is so comforting to know there is a whole sisterhood here
((hugs)) TT

Hugs back at you
My tumors were teeny tiny but invasive, so I was given the choice of doing chemo, and decided to go ahead with it. So I'll do chemo first (most likely starting next week), then radiation, then Tamoxifen.

Traci

Hi Traceyt and Welcome! So
Hi Traceyt and Welcome! So sorry for your diagnosis. This site is great as you will find. There are some other good sites out there. The Susan B. Komen site is good and breastcancer.org is also. My oncologist recommended them along with this one. But, mainly rely on what your oncologist tells you. If you have questions, ask him. After all, he is the one that will be treating you. Good luck to you and keep us updated!

Lumpectomy
Best wishes and prayers to you. I can share my story........I had a lumpectomy two months ago, with three sentinel lymph nodes removed. I had invasive ductual carcinoma..went from Stage I to stage II on the table, due to the size......2.2cm, which is less than an inch. It was larger than the tests showed. I had clear, clean margins and no lymph node involvement, thankfully. I had the wire needle localization that morning, not a big deal, and I had worried more about that then the surgery itself.....I had the 4 radioactive injections around the nipple before surgery.......that wasn't awful either, as they used a spray numbing agent before each injection. The surgery itself wasn't bad at all I promise! It was done at 1:00 PM, I was awake in recovery at 2:30 and home, on my couch by 4:15! I can honestly say, I had no real pain to speak of,(I took the pain meds that were prescribed, religiously every 4 hours) no external sutures, I had "super glue" so there was nothing to have removed. Probably the most uncomfortable part was the incision to remove the 3 sentinel lymph nodes, that bothered me more than the incision for the lumpectomy. It was very tender. My breast stayed hypersensitive for about 4 weeks, but that's gone now, completely. I have had two chemo infusions with the third coming up Monday then one more in August. Then in September I start 6 1/2 weeks of daily radiation. Physically I feel pretty good, just tired a lot.
All this after having had a mammogram and ultrasound in December 08 and I found this myself in March 09........3 stinking months later! Oh well, thankfully I do self breast exams.

Again, I wish you well!

RealizeHope said:

You have the Key: Being positive
I'm glad you found this website. We are your cheerleaders. Belief is a powerful tool, so continue to be positive. You are an inspiration.

Many blessings to all.

Welcome, RealizeHope
We're all here to support and encourage each other. Glad you found us, though sorry for the reason.

Visit often, whenever you'd like or need to.

Welcome, TT
Glad you found us, glad to have you. Yes, exactly, we are a very positive group - all here to support and encourage each other. Yet, we're also here to share the setbacks, curveballs, difficulties, you name it.

As others have already stated, please - you MUST limit, at the very least, your "googling"!!! Reason: there is an awful lot of "junk" info out there, maybe just as much - if not more - as is credible. Almost immediately after diagnosis - my nurse provided a list of recommended sites, and strongly warned against all others. This site - the American Cancer Society - is excellent. A few suggestions specific to BC: the Susan Komen Foundation, breastcancer.org, etc. Be particularly wary of ANY site that attempts to SELL "the miracle cure" via the internet!

The entire experience is so very difficult as it is. Please don't frighten yourself needlessly about things that MAY happen - because they might not apply to you, at all. The journey can only be travelled one step at a time. As hard as it may be, that's the best advice I can share with you at this point. Focus on getting through your surgery on Monday, your next step - and, a big one. Final post-surgery pathology results will determine what's next, for sure, and not until.

Visit often, whenever you'd like or need to. Someone's always here - lots of "night owls" within this bunch!

Best wishes for the best possible outcome from your surgery on Monday. Please do keep us posted, when you can.