The News - February 4th through 13th 2008

On Sunday February 3rd mom found a lump in her breast. Monday morning she woke up and went striaght to the doctor's for an unscheduled appoinment. Miraculously they were able to sqeeze her in. Dr. Southwick also felt the lump in mom's breast. So many things were to be done to determine what was really in her breast. She had just had her yearly mamogram in August, could it really be a tumor? Sure enough it was. After a MRI, biopsy's and tests, it was real...mom has breast cancer. The only thing we new at first was that the tumor was a grade 3 and that the cell level was high. The type of cancer she was 'diagnosed' with Infiltrating (invasive) Ductal Carcinoma (IDC).

Immediately I looked it up to see what exactly that meant and this is what I found:
Infiltrating (invasive) Ductal Carcinoma - This is the most common breat cancer. It starts in a milk passageor duct, breaks through the wall of the duct, and invades the tissue of the breast. From there it can spread to other parts os the body. It accounts for about 8 out of 10 invasive breast cancers.

Hum. Some comfort...but not a lot. Atleast it is the most common type of breat cancer, I immediately thought about all the research that is probably going into this type since it accounts for 8 out of 10 invasive breast cancers. *We have to always look for the best in all things and that is what I found in that.