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Going my way: Decided to stop cancer treatments
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@mir123 Three years ago? Amazing. Thank you for your response. It was not difficult to care for my parents, in that, I have a medical background and have been a professional nanny for years. It felt like with my mother, especially, we had switched roles. Not that I felt like I had become HER mother, but that I could feel the reversal happening slowly as her dependency increased. My older brother hated all things hospital. Which is funny, because he married a doctor. My sister I think just could not face the fact mom was dying. I am finding out how much it affected my son. Each person has their own way of moving through the process.
I would love to hear more about your original diagnosis if you don't mind sharing. Thanks again. Blessings.💕
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@nannybb The original diagnosis was a neuroendocrine tumor in the breast. But there were four conflicting pathology reports. My oncologist and I both decided to go with Mayo's assessment of NET. It was aggressive, rated a 3, estrogen positive and human growth positive. A NET specialist said it could not be treated as a NET but as ordinary breast cancer (the general consensus). It was never staged. My oncologist had never seen this, but the radiologist had seen something similar so I did do radiation along with lumpectomy and now letrozole--which I find totally fine (many do not). I didn't do chemo or immunotherapy due to co-morbities and as my nephrologist would not sign off on most of the suggested infusions. It's been a great four years! I don't consider myself "cured" but am content for now.