So good to hear positive stories. I’m still counting to reach my 5 yr mark, but feeling positive.
Has anyone heard from Pam, she used to write so often on here.
Marina
I have just requested to join!
Welcome Mooks. It’s a shame this site no longer has much activity, I guess people prefer Facebook but I find that quite impersonal.
Any news of Pam??
Pam so good to hear from you. Which Facebook site do you use??
Hi Anne and Jane
If your taking aspirin please advise your medical team about taking turmeric as this is also a blood thinner and you may be thinning your blood too much if taking them together! Xxx
Hi everyone, not been here for a long time, occasionally have a quick look. I was diagnosed april 2013, lumpectomy, chemo and rads. My 5 year mammagram is due in 2 weeks so starting to feel a bit anxious. Waiting for hip replacement now, had spine fused and a mini stroke event butstill working fulltime! As long as the c stays away I’m fine! I was part of the july junkies 2013
I was diagnosed with stage 4, triple negative, invasive ductal carcinoma, I went thru 8 weeks of chemo, left breast mastectomy and then radiation. I am proud to say, on 4/20/2018, I will be attending a Celebration of life ceremony, for all of the 5 year survivors who were treated at CTCA. I just wanted to say, don’t loose hope, make yourself a priority, make the health choices that will benefit you most and please, never never give up!
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Boogiebrat ??thank you, jencat ??we are ???and i’ll Always have hold of your gold hot pants ???Ladies jencat and I are from the Oct ?so I’ve just finished treatment and jencat nearly finished now too and it’s 
To know you are all here, thank you ???
shi xx
Just been diagnosed for a second time with triple negative. Chemo starts soon and then I’ve opted for a bilateral mastectomy. Last diagnosis was 2010. Also just lost mum mum to secondary breast cancer so emotions are all over the place and this hasn’t helped much but determined to remain strong and get through it ?
Oh icarus, i’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis and that your loss of your mum. That’s a lot to be dealing with. Just wanted to wish you all the best with your treatment. As you know, it’s not an easy ride but you can and will get through it. Love bel x
Icarus ?? so sorry to hear about your mum ?? and hope you are ???the chemo have they advised how many sessions and have you got a date for op yet? You can ?:female_sign:?:female_sign:?:female_sign:It’s ass again beautiful you are ??? car ???good to know so we can all keep hope and Strong in our lives, thank you ??Shi xx
Come on to the site for first time since I posted my very scared plea for help pre-surgery on this post on 29th January & so pleased to see all the positive messages of support - has really cheered me up after making the mistake of doing Dr Google on triple negative in the early hours last night and scaring myself again stupid convincing myself I’ll be dead in 2 years… I had my mastectomy - small 7 mm tumour, Grade 2 but hit 6 of 26 axillary lymph nodes. I’m 2/3 way through FEC-T chemo & so far doable although must say my first Docetaxol was tough with longer lasting SE for me than FEC, penultimate one next week so building strength up for that & 3 weeks of rads planned for after my daughter’s wedding in July. My main dilemma in my mind is work & what to do - my surgeon insisted I go off sick in January as she knows the stress levels of my job in the NHS & wanted me to be as healthy & stress free as possible. Now as time goes on am questioning when I should go back and even IF I should go back to the same role or look to try & survive off a reduced early retirement pension given the high risk of recurrence within 3 years. Any advice as to how soon after all treatment ends is reasonable to go back to work - as I feel now I think mentally is going to be the challenge rather than physical?
I was diagnosed today with TNBC, left breast 35 mm, no node involvement, clear margins. Appointment with Oncologist in 2 weeks, chemo starts then in around 4-6 weeks, then radiotherapy. Not sure whether to have this BRCA test done, I know my paternal grandmother died from breast cancer in her 70’s and my maternal grandmother died from ovarian cancer at 85, but no other females in the family. Oh forgot to say had Lumpectomy 5th May.
Evosam ???having the test is your choice my darling but I know other tns who have had to fight to get the test. I was lucky my trust offered it me so I took the test as I wanted options if I was carrying it. Thank god mine came back negative. It’s such a lot to get your head round but it could give you options if you do carry it. Keep ???you are doing amazing ??Shi xx
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Evosam, hope you’ve managed to make decision on brca testing lovely, keep ???Shi xx
Hi swallows,
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Just wanted to offer you my ray of hope: I was diagnosed 16 years ago, aged only 31, with a small (12mm) but aggressive tumour, which hasn’t gone to lymph but had started to head that way (they called this vascular invasion). The tumour was triple negative. Anyway, despite subsequently learning I do carry the brca 1 mutation (eventually I had a preventative mastectomy), I’ve never had a recurrence of the original tumour nor a new one. Wishing you all the very best.
Bel x
Bel, just wanted to say thank you for posting. I had vascular invasion and no node involvement with the tnbc last August and no one has really explained it to me other than when I asked about it the said don’t worry about it, so I’ve tried not to, so reading your post has given me hope and comfort, thank you ??Shi xx
Hi everyone, hello Shi, was diagnosed last year end April with Tnbc had some high grade tn DCIS as well as the tumor 38mm with vascular invasion and 1 19mm cancerous node
I haven’t aoart from thst original stuff been told too much about the TN stuff like you Shi but its great to hear that people do survive this cancer type and are doing well years down the line i class myself as a survivor its my birthday tomorrow the 1st one totally cancer free and im so happy last year i was grateful i had caught it early enough to be having treatment with a curative intent but this year i am feeling good about it all and confident its a scary place to be in when 1st diagnosed and started treatment but it gets better and there is light at the end of the tunnel ?
Sorry posted without say Bel thank you for the post very good to hear how long it has been since you had it, sometimes people only ever find out about the worst case scenario and rarely hear a success story, i wish all you ladies who are just being diagnosed or starting treatments well and hope that you will be reasurred by our posts xxx