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Cancer Support

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LiberalLoner

(9,762 posts)
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 03:52 PM Jul 2023

Thanks everyone for being so caring and supportive, I am so grateful. Got the results back [View all]

Two malignant masses in left breast, but the right breast is cancer free. Just atypical ductal hyperplasia that does need to be removed and evaluated.

So, now I need to get a referral to a breast surgeon from my primary care doc, meet with the surgeon, get the surgery, at which time I am guessing I might find out what stage it is???

And then on to treatment of some sort.

And then wait and see if I beat it or not.

Thanks everyone for being here.

I haven’t cried yet. I am sure I will at some point.
Right now I am just focused on what steps I need to take next, and then fears of pain after the surgery.

One step at a time.

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Hugs for you. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #1
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #14
Difficult cate94 Jul 2023 #2
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #15
🙏 claudette Jul 2023 #3
❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #16
Best wishes! OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2023 #4
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #17
Cancer sucks. murielm99 Jul 2023 #5
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #18
Wow!!! I admire your outlook. Best vibes. LakeArenal Jul 2023 #6
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #19
Take care. My lady friend went through this 2 years ago. Lumpectomy, Silent Type Jul 2023 #7
Thank you so much! It helps me to hear happy tales like that, thanks! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #20
Yes, one step at a time. We are here for you. I think you can beat it! LoisB Jul 2023 #8
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #21
Hugs XanaDUer2 Jul 2023 #9
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #22
Don't cry. You will survive this. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #10
Thank you! ❤️ actually haven't cried yet. Handling the news pretty well. LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #23
Hugs. Best wishes. viva la Jul 2023 #11
Thank you! ❤️ me too! LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #24
Hugs. Hoping your treatment gets results, Lib. ancianita Jul 2023 #12
Thank you so much ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #25
Wishing you the best. Several friends have been through breast cancer, and I'm happy to say Lonestarblue Jul 2023 #13
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #26
I had what sounds like your diagnosis. The doctor did a lumpectomy at the time. I hope the course Karadeniz Jul 2023 #27
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #33
Did they tell you deRien Jul 2023 #28
The doctor said my masses were both fairly small, but said I would LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #34
One step at a time -- you will get thru this Hekate Jul 2023 #29
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #35
Wishing you the best. Old Crank Jul 2023 #30
Thank you ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #36
I had much the same feelings about my breast cancer & surgery. lark Jul 2023 #31
Oh I am sorry for what you went through but glad you beat the cancer LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #37
Sending hugs and strength gademocrat7 Jul 2023 #32
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #38
Wishing you improving health, LiberalLoner! pazzyanne Jul 2023 #39
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #67
We're all with you Wild blueberry Jul 2023 #40
Thank you so much! I am so grateful for all of you here! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #68
Yes. One step at a time and then one day at a time. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #41
Thank you so much! ❤️ yeah, having MS I totally get it about resting... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #69
Holding you in our DU heart! cilla4progress Jul 2023 #42
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #70
Sometimes they do chemo first now TexasBushwhacker Jul 2023 #43
Oh I hope you never need to use those wigs. 🙏 thank you. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #71
I sincerely hope you get the medical and emotional support needed to deal with this. Hang tough. Evolve Dammit Jul 2023 #44
Thank you so very much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #72
One way or another it can be beaten. Don't allow the cancer to become you: be a person with ... marble falls Jul 2023 #45
I'm still a soldier deep down and I will fight this like one! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #73
You know how to do it! Embrace the suck and squeeze the hell out of it! marble falls Jul 2023 #79
👍👏🤣🤣🤣❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #82
You are a true Warrior Woman, LiberalLoner. You are a Force to be reckoned with. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #101
Thank you so so much! You are so wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #110
Sending positive vibes! forgotmylogin Jul 2023 #46
Thank you so much for giving me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #74
My mother and my sil beat this disease. 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #47
Thank you so much for giving me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #75
You are welcome! 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #107
Thank you so much! The weird thing is I have MS so my immune system is already in overdrive... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #111
I have an immune disorder as well, 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #117
Oh, very good, I will try that! I need to see if I can find it on Amazon... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #118
P.S. I'm sorry you have an immune system disorder...Epstein Barr causes such damage, hope they LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #119
Thanks. I was also diagnosed as having MS, but I have only had one episode. 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #120
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #121
Hugs to you, LiberalLoner. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #48
Thank you so so much, you are the kindest person ever! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #76
Meet with your oncologist first! colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #49
Thank you so much! I am honestly very ignorant of the process so I can use advice. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #77
PM me, if I can help. Diagnosed 2018. colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #85
Thank you so much! I hope it will never return! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #87
Sending you all my good vibes. brer cat Jul 2023 #50
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #78
I am an 11 year survivor. TNNurse Jul 2023 #51
Thank you so much for the advice and sharing your experience! ❤️❤️❤️gives me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #80
3 women in my family are cancer survivors Javaman Jul 2023 #52
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #98
Thinking of you and sending hugs. MLAA Jul 2023 #53
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #97
Everyone's Cancer is Different, but Shana Jul 2023 #54
Wow, I am glad you are okay now, thank you for sharing your story of hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #96
❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 sueh Jul 2023 #55
❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #95
Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as niyad Jul 2023 #56
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #94
Best wishes stollen Jul 2023 #57
Thank you so much, and I wish you a long healthy life! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #93
I'm pulling for you. stage left Jul 2023 #58
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #92
Best wishes. My mom had breast cancer, and she did beat it. PatrickforB Jul 2023 #59
I'm sorry for the loss of your Mom. 🙏 thank you so much for this kind message of hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #91
Sounds like you have lots of support here Deuxcents Jul 2023 #60
Thank you so very much! ❤️ yeah DU is awesome, really a family and I am so grateful!❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #90
It's scary as hell when it happens to you. 1WorldHope Jul 2023 #61
Thank you so so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience, it gives me hope. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #89
Hope is how we get through everyday sometimes. 1WorldHope Jul 2023 #105
❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #113
I have never had breast surgery but soldierant Jul 2023 #62
Oh my goodness that sounds like one heck of an experience! Thank you for sharing it, I wish you good LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #88
My surgeon mde it much easier by helping me prepare soldierant Jul 2023 #106
Thank you so much! Yeah I had an abdominal hysterectomy/oopherectomy at 50 LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #108
My scar was the other way - soldierant Jul 2023 #109
❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #112
Survival in breast cancer is at an all time high. My sister-in-law is... NNadir Jul 2023 #63
Thank you so very much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #86
Peace and good health. Magoo48 Jul 2023 #64
Thank you so much....peace to you, too. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #81
My mom was diagnosed at age 77. She underwent surgery, radiation, & chemo. bullwinkle428 Jul 2023 #65
Thank you so much, and thank you for the hope! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #83
In the imortal words of the philisopher emoticon. "You Rock" Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #66
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #84
what the posters said down below. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #99
❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #100
All the best to you as you go forward. pandr32 Jul 2023 #102
Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #114
Warm wishes to you! TdeV Jul 2023 #103
Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #115
You hang in there, my friend. calimary Jul 2023 #104
Thank you so so much! ❤️ last night my DH and I sat on our deck for a couple of hours and LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #116
Saw the biopsy pathology report. Grade 2, moderately aggressive. LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #122
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