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Amy long-term survivors in our group?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 29, 2025 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@aubreybill thank you for sharing this & sorry for what you're going through. I am recently diagnosed stage 1 ILC. Also 72. Lumpectomy & undergoing 5 days of radiation. Bear with me if this is a ridiculous question, but is there any chance your more recent cancer is unrelated to the first? Or is it definitely a recurrance? I'm still learning all the ends & outs. Fingers crossed that you stay cancer-free from now on! Hang in there & best wishes to you!
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@jmab I also had lumpectomy and 5 days of radiation.
Twice. First on left breast and four years later the right breast. Like you, I wonder if the second was unrelated to the first. And this after colon cancer four years before the first breast cancer. Lucky that all were small and treatable but I worry about another one. Every four years is so odd - so another three years will be four years since the last. I am now 87 and learned that I have a
hereditary pathogenic cancer gene. I am urging my daughter and siblings to get tested. My mom had two cancers. I am otherwise healthy and grateful for my days.