Did you do radiation, chemo, and/or estrogen blockers? I'm a breast cancer patient myself, so I'm curious about your course of treatment. I start radiation Monday and just finished chemo.
Did you do radiation, chemo, and/or estrogen blockers? I'm a breast cancer patient myself, so I'm curious about your course of treatment. I start radiation Monday and just finished chemo.
OK I totally understand your fear; We live in fear of recurrence. Let me just say that there are many established medications available for recurrent breast cancers and you will meet with your oncologist and begin a surgical or medical ( or both) treatment plan.
Take a step back and recover your breath and if possible reach out to a support person who can take this walk with you and be another pair of ears at your appointments. Hear your options and decide next steps with your oncologist .
Many women are doing quite well with varied treatment options available and more are in the pipeline . BC research is a well funded and furiously operating biomedical machine. So much is available to us now. You will take all steps necessary to get this back under control.
I will keep you in my thoughts.
Come back here often for information and support. We are here for you and for each other 🌸
My heart goes out to you. I'm sure there are many options for treatment of recurrence. Even metastasis has treatments to keep the cancer from progressing. I found breathing exercises help when I'm nervous. Hugs.
I thought when they do a mastectomy there are no more breasts for the cancer . However as in a friend of mines case when they do the surgery they say it’s 98 percent effective . They will never say 100 percent. This is because there is the chance that one little cancer cell can escape and start growing again somewhere . My friend’s has spread and she has been that way for several years . She refused chemo and radiation post mastectomy. She was very healthy too when she got it . Was negative for genes .She does however live a very full life. it’s about 9 years now.
Thinking of you. Hopefully you are receiving care at a cancer center or hospital. Levels of care vary greatly. Please keep us posted along the way. Here for you!
to CW000 - this is Mulkey 518 - I truly understand your fear. I was off the hook when I just got my recent diagnosis of Breast Cancer Angiosarcoma. I prayed, cried, asked for prayers, begged for prayers, read the Bible (which was not a new thing) and refused to read up on the work "Angiosarcoma" because the Medical Oncologist had already told me that the cancer was Rare. Well after I did my crying and all I got tired of the same daily thing - so I conditioned my mind in that this is the battle I have to go through now. I has helped me a lot, but It is still ok to get into your feeings, but just don't stay there too long. When I was first diagnosed with Cancer I joined a very great support group called "ABCD" (meaning After Breast Cancer Diagnosis). They pair you with a cancer patient that has the exact type of cancer and treatment that you have. I had a great mentor and kept in touch with here for over 3 years after my cancer treatment. But when I got my new cancer treatment I went back to ABCD to try in get in contact with my old cancer mentor and to no avail - and also, they could not pair me with anyone that had Angiosarcoma because there were no patients in the group that had that tpye of cancer. However, you may want to google the organization to see if they have a mentor for you. Also, there is another support group called "ImermanAngels.org - Request for a mentor". You need to belong to a support group. God is Blessing you right now. Believe in the powers of Prayers. Believe is the operative word.
I will be sending prayers up for you.
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You have a recurrance?
You had surgery a year ago?
What was diagnosis a year ago?
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3 ReactionsYes I have bilateral mastectomy year ago for estrogen positive stage 3 breast cancer
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5 ReactionsDid you do radiation, chemo, and/or estrogen blockers? I'm a breast cancer patient myself, so I'm curious about your course of treatment. I start radiation Monday and just finished chemo.
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2 ReactionsI did all of that. I’m so scare
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12 ReactionsOK I totally understand your fear; We live in fear of recurrence. Let me just say that there are many established medications available for recurrent breast cancers and you will meet with your oncologist and begin a surgical or medical ( or both) treatment plan.
Take a step back and recover your breath and if possible reach out to a support person who can take this walk with you and be another pair of ears at your appointments. Hear your options and decide next steps with your oncologist .
Many women are doing quite well with varied treatment options available and more are in the pipeline . BC research is a well funded and furiously operating biomedical machine. So much is available to us now. You will take all steps necessary to get this back under control.
I will keep you in my thoughts.
Come back here often for information and support. We are here for you and for each other 🌸
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13 ReactionsMy heart goes out to you. I'm sure there are many options for treatment of recurrence. Even metastasis has treatments to keep the cancer from progressing. I found breathing exercises help when I'm nervous. Hugs.
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11 ReactionsI thought when they do a mastectomy there are no more breasts for the cancer . However as in a friend of mines case when they do the surgery they say it’s 98 percent effective . They will never say 100 percent. This is because there is the chance that one little cancer cell can escape and start growing again somewhere . My friend’s has spread and she has been that way for several years . She refused chemo and radiation post mastectomy. She was very healthy too when she got it . Was negative for genes .She does however live a very full life. it’s about 9 years now.
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7 ReactionsMy heart goes out to you! My thoughts and prayers will be with you on your journey ahead, my friend!
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5 ReactionsThinking of you. Hopefully you are receiving care at a cancer center or hospital. Levels of care vary greatly. Please keep us posted along the way. Here for you!
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3 Reactionsto CW000 - this is Mulkey 518 - I truly understand your fear. I was off the hook when I just got my recent diagnosis of Breast Cancer Angiosarcoma. I prayed, cried, asked for prayers, begged for prayers, read the Bible (which was not a new thing) and refused to read up on the work "Angiosarcoma" because the Medical Oncologist had already told me that the cancer was Rare. Well after I did my crying and all I got tired of the same daily thing - so I conditioned my mind in that this is the battle I have to go through now. I has helped me a lot, but It is still ok to get into your feeings, but just don't stay there too long. When I was first diagnosed with Cancer I joined a very great support group called "ABCD" (meaning After Breast Cancer Diagnosis). They pair you with a cancer patient that has the exact type of cancer and treatment that you have. I had a great mentor and kept in touch with here for over 3 years after my cancer treatment. But when I got my new cancer treatment I went back to ABCD to try in get in contact with my old cancer mentor and to no avail - and also, they could not pair me with anyone that had Angiosarcoma because there were no patients in the group that had that tpye of cancer. However, you may want to google the organization to see if they have a mentor for you. Also, there is another support group called "ImermanAngels.org - Request for a mentor". You need to belong to a support group. God is Blessing you right now. Believe in the powers of Prayers. Believe is the operative word.
I will be sending prayers up for you.
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