hi i was dx oct 2009 with grade and stage one bc. i cant seem to get my head around all the info they gave me at the time. iam not good with words and my spelling is not good too. there is a lot of questions i want to ask. ive read some books and not sure if premenopause women do best or menopause women. not sure of the best treatment and age. for any advice.17 months on and still seem to be struggling. is this normal? thanks for any advise gaynor
most women do well nowadays regardless of age… younger women tend to have more aggressive cancers and its the aggressiveness that would give a poorer prognosis, however yours isnt aggressive and although i dont know the size the fact you are stage 1 means its fairly small so id imagine your prognosis is pretty good… mine was something 97% chance of being here in 10 years… only 1.5% less than the general population.
however you are actually in a better position than the general population because you are getting (usually) annual mammogramms for the next 10 years… women your age wouldnt normally be getting any screening at all.
hope that helps reassure you a bit.
Lulu xx
hi lulu34. yes thank god for the mammograms. if they had not been past history in my family, i would not be able to have the mammogram and my bc could of been there for some time before i found it. my lump measured 1.3cm with no cancer found in sen node. thank you for you advice. gaynor
Hi gaybar,
i had my first diagnosis 10 years ago, then developed a new cancer november 2010, both of my tumours i found myself i could feel them, mammograms i have found out on here, are about 85% accurate at detecting tumours, but hey guess what, what is 100% anyway!
dont be hard on yourself, time is just yet another number isnt it, some people i guess bounce back virtually straight away, others take days, months, years,
i have days at the moment, where i really struggle i have just finished 6 of 6 tax and due to start rads end of may, then further surgery,
just take it as it comes, daily if you have to, i dont think this is something that you ever really ‘get over’ you just learn to ‘get on’ with it, if that makes sense,
anyway, just keep posting on here, if you need to laugh, cry or just chat, there are a lot of very lovely people who can give you advice or just share things with, and you can get information and ask loads of questions, when i ask questions at the hospital half the time i either dont take it in or carnt get my head round the medical jargon!!
love and best wishes to you liz xxxx
thank you so much liz. best of luck with the rads and surgery xxx