Diagnosed just as pandemic began. Went back a...

Jg1960

Diagnosed just as pandemic began. Went back and forth on best way to treat, decided to start with antiestrogen therapy hoping pandemic would get under control quickly...that did not happen.

ImWorthIt

Hello Jg1960, This site seems to have fallen apart and is not nearly as active as it used to be. I wanted to let you know you are not alone. There are a few people who do check in regularly.

I too was diagnosed not long before the pandemic began. I actually got my diagnosis in November 2019. I had a lumpectomy in January 2020 and then got news that they would have to destroy too much of my breast tissue to just stay with lumpectomy so they decided on a mastectomy of my left breast. I had no lymph node involvement. I had my mastectomy in February 2020. I had about 3 weeks recovery and went back to work since I have a "desk job." I was back at work for exactly a week before the decision was made for the initial nationwide/worldwide quarantine. Then back to working from home and I don't think things have ever been the same.
I am currently starting year 3 of my anti-estrogen therapy of Arimidex. So far other than some minimal joint discomfort on occasion, I am doing pretty well.
I am quite fortunate that my surgeon and oncologists wanted to go ahead and move forward with my treatment. As I said, I was on the front end of COVID and it had not really been named yet or no-one thought it was going to become a global pandemic. Our hospital recognized that something was happening though and my surgeon and oncologist said they wanted me to move ahead of whatever was happening. My family wanted me to get "second opinions" because they felt things were being rushed. I told my family I was confident in my care team's decision and I intended to move forward with treatment.
Please continue to share your story and your experience. It may bring more people back into the fold to support you.

Lorie

Jg1960 If you see this and come back plz try posting a question instead of an experience. That seemed to reach more veteran members who used to get and daily Digest. The site is having trouble but we are out here and there's some very good compassionate people willing to help