Ductal multifocial breast cancer at 36

[JessJj1986]

Hello,
Looking for support and advice from anyone.
Feeling in utter shock. I've just received biopsy results to say my lump is ductal stage2 BC. I have a few more lumps on the same breast so they have biopsied them and 1 of my lymph nodes. No for another agonising 2 week wait.
I'm obly 36 and have a 1 and 4 year old, so I'm feeling quite numb and scared at the moment.
Any positive stories out there ??

Hi OP,

I do not have experience or knowledge of this cancer. However, I was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer last year aged 36, with 4 young children. I know how you are feeling right now and I’m sorry that you are in the situation you are.

There is a Cancer Support Thread within general health and I highly recommend you post in there, a majority of posters in there have BC in some form or another. It is a really lovely thread for support.

As others will no doubt be along to tell you, the wait is the worst. Once you have a treatment plan underway you will feel a little better, like you are fighting. It is not an east path, especially at a young age so feel free to PM if you want a chat, or come along to the support thread.

So sorry to hear that especially at 36 with 2 little ones.

There is a cancer support thread under general health, please come and join us there once you feel up to it, quite a few of us with breast cancer on there. I had 2 breast cancers, often at the start they tell you the grade rather than the stage so it maybe grade 2 which is what I had and that's medium speed for growing. I had two in the same breast and in a lymph node - one lump was 5cms cubed so I was equivalent of stage 3 for both combined and largest was stage 2.

It was a very tough year of treatment (mastectomy then second surgery to remove lymph nodes then 12 weeks chemo then radio then 10 years hormone tablets) but after surgery was already believed to be all clear. I am awaiting reconstruction surgery but I found the surgeries fairly easy, radio easy and chemo for me was by far the worst. The two weeks you are at now where they are checking for spread is the most terrifying bit but it normally hasn't and those scans often pick up things, mine picked up about 8 things with further tests on 1 which was not cancer in end.

Fine to PM me as well if you would like someone to wait with you. I have 2 children but older, one was doing GCSEs during chemo and the other a year younger with asd.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/general_health/4811209-cancer-support-thread-87-everyone-here-is-so-supportive?reply=126700273