Hi
My mother (78) has been living with breast cancer for 2 years and the one lump seemed to be controlled by her taking Arimidix. She has refused to have the breast removed because she has so many friends have struggled after the operation and she hates hospitlas (MRSA etc!!) Just before New Year she noticed a new lump and they put her on a new drug. She has now found a third lump and they have put her back on double the dose of Arimidix.
I have so many questions - do these new lumps mean the cancer is spreading. If so are they just local to the breast or will it spread elsewhere. My father died of bone cancer and I don;t want my mother to suffer in the same way. I don’t want to ask these questions with her - because I don;t think she wants to know the prognosis. We do though - because her grandchildren want to spend time with her, and so do I and once we know the prognosis we will know how to plan this time. Does anyone have any answers.