I was only posting on here yesterday to se what the difference was between LCIS and DCIS, to try and find out which I had. Well today I got my biopsy and it is invasive breast cancer, in other words I was kidding myself against all odds. After days of anxiety and reading far too mcuh, today I just feel deflated and totally lostI didnt ask my gp on the phone if it was lobular or ductal, as I guess now it makes no difference at all. Its 19mm, so I dont know, in terms of this, if that would be considered as very small or what? there were so many questions I should ahve asked her on the phone but was too shell shocked to think past the word invasive. I was also really uneducated as all the sights I searched, for benign options, showed the anatomy of the breast and always highlight the outer breast and armpit lymph nodes. Dont they realise it can be on either side, its a little misleading fior the ignorants like me. I also didnt realise that you have just as many lymph nodes on the breastbone side! and here I was thinking, oh well, if it is, and now I kbnow it is, that at least Im lucky as it is away from the armpit where the lymph nodes are. I am so scared, I dont know what to expect, but I was jsut told it will move very quickly, so maybe thats a good thing as I wont have time to over think. She said I am likely looking at a mastectomy and chemo? I am thinking that if that is the case, maybe I am better having a bilateral? what are all your views out there?
