February 2, 2018 · from Lesley’s original CaringBridge journal
We came to Augusta for an ultrasound of “the spot” and an appointment with Dr. Yeh. The radiologist was “very concerned” and wanted to biopsy, so we did. Dr. Yeh was also “very concerned”. I questioned whether this could be some complication with nursing, some obscure condition like I’d read about because it is highly unlikely for someone to get diagnosed with BC while nursing (though in the past few weeks I have had at least 3 other women reach out to me with the same situation). My midwife who has cared for me for over a decade said she’s never had a patient diagnosed while breastfeeding. This just couldn’t be the case. They both still felt certain it was cancer and pathology confirmed it the next day.
For those of you familiar with breast cancers, my official diagnosis is invasive ductal carcinoma (the most common kind). It is locally advanced and spread to one lymph node. This puts me at Stage 3. It is estrogen and progesterone positive and HER2 negative. The drs said if you are going to have to have breast cancer this is the best profile to have.
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