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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Well , this is not a recurrence, which is good and bad I guess. It is another primary in the other breast. As you know...this is a rare thing so now they are suspecting possible gene issue although I am older for some of them. They did do genetic testing, so I should have an answer in a couple of weeks I hope.
The hardest thing for me is all of the choices....weighing everything. The first time around was an easy choice...this time not so much. I cannot believe this and the thought of going through it again in the future makes me nauseous.
I had a very bad day yesterday...today my oncologist called and went over everything with me so I feel a bit better....but still pretty overwhelmed.
I will be seeing a plastic surgeon this coming week to look at options. My mind is spinning from all of the choices. None are appetizing as you know. I keep having to remind myself that there are worse things in the world that people are dealing with. Sometimes that helps...other times I just feel awful and I suppose I need to do that. |
I was scared you were going to report it was a recurrence. It's rare to have an independent tumor show up in the other breast? It's what happened with my mom. She had a tumor removed and did radiation in 2011 and then another surgery + radiation combo last year in the other breast. Now I'm wondering why her oncologist never recommended genetic testing. When you talk about probably being to old for it toy be genetic, do you mean people with a genetic predisposition often get it really young? My mom is about to turn 64. I apologize if you don't want to talk too much about this. My mom had a rule last year that I could talk to her about the C-word for 5 minutes and then no more bringing it up for a day so that she wouldn't get overwhelmed mentally by the battle (except of course when we were looking for doctors, surgeons, etc).