nne and Val and anyone else that has this kind... .......

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Hi ...

Mine was 2 cm and also poorly differentiated.

I had a lumpectomy (technically I had 2

during the same surgery trying to get clear

margins). Unfortunately, when the final path

came back the following week my margins still

were not clear so I had to go back for a

mastectomy. My staging was 1c and I had

micro metastases (sp?) in my nodes, (itty

bitty escapees that hadn't done anything yet)

but it still counted as node-negative.

Once you get past the informational tsunami,

(no easy task : ) you will feel better. The

unknown and the not fully understood are

very scary (I'll vouch for that one). I tend

to believe that with our lawsuit happy

legal system, the medical community has to

be VERY careful how they present things to

patients (speculation on my part). Things

like, " You should be fine " can come back to

haunt when things don't go as hoped; " BUT

YOU TOLD ME I WOULD BE FINE " (not quite it).

I'm not saying the world is void of medical

morons (we got plenty!), I'm just saying

don't allow yourself to get sucked into the

black hole of worst case scenarios (TRY

hard not to worry so much...a toughie).

- Jen : ) smiles from Alabama

Stage 1c, Grade 3, ER- HER2+

Lumpectomy, SLNB, Mastectomy

Diagnosed: 7/2006 (1st Mammo)