Both virginiavalley and the AI responses are spot on.

With my first breast cancer they thought I was stage 1B. After surgery they said I was 1A because the tumors were a little smaller than what they measured from ultrasound and MRI. I had three small tumors, lymph nodes were all negative, and my oncotype score was low so no chemo or radiation was required.

With my 2nd breast cancer they took out 18 lymph nodes. 2 were from my chest and 16 from my armpit. The 2 in my chest had cancer and 14 of the ones from my armpit had cancer. When I asked what my onotype score was the doctor said based on the 16 lymph nodes that were cancerous I was automatically stage 3C and there was no need to do an oncotype test. I finished 8 chemo sessions a couple of months ago. As of today I've had 18 of 20 radiations sessions. My last one will be on Monday, 9/15 so woohoo!!! My boyfriend is taking me to Hard Rock in Tampa for the weekend to celebrate the end on a years worth of surgeries and treatments 😁

The surgeon went over all the images, the needle biopsy report, etc. and told me that based on what they could see and measure- they would estimate mine as a Stage 2. Confirmation would come with surgery, when they would also do the removal and biopsy of at least 3 lymph nodes. At surgery, the tumor itself was a bit larger than measured on the images (2.7 cm instead of 2.5 cm), but the lymph nodes were clear. So the final diagnosis remained at Stage 2. Hugs!

Thank you. Next step for me is getting back on an AI and they want me to take a CDK inhibitor so I've been researching those. It is a lot to deal with, especially when you are in active treatment. Things calm down quite a bit when you're done with surgery, chemo, and radiation but you still get monitored by the doctors and usually have to take some sort of drugs to lessen your chances of cancer returning. I don't think anyone is ever the same after being diagnosed with cancer, but you do adjust and reach your new normal after every type of treatment you go through.

I’m happy you will be finish with your treatment it’s a lot to deal with, base your on what you said , it’s look like we had same kind of diagnosis.