Hi Jackie,
I too have secondaries to bones and lungs, diagnosed jun 07, this site is invaluable and you will get loads of help and support from all the lovely ladies on here.
we are all here for you
Fayjay69 x
Hi Jackie,
Sorry I’ve only just seen your post - some parts of the site tend o pass me by.
It certainly is awful being diagnosed with secondaries (mine is in my spine), but your oncologist seems fairly confident that there are treatments that can help, but you’ve done the chemo route before and no=one wants to do it again.
My dog got me through primary and secondaries so I can appreciate the importance of pets. Especially as my onc is always non- comittal.
Let us know how things go with you.
Take good care
Hi ive just been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in liver and lungs ,after having a mastectomy and chemo 16yrs ago.Am going for liver bioposy tomorrow to see what type ,and how best to treat it .Herceptin ,hormone and chemo has been mentioned as a way to go ,Still a bit shocked .as i never thought it could come back after all this time
Hi Freda1956, It is such a shock to the system isn’t it? You think when you have passed the 5 year then the 10year check-up that things are looking good…then it hits you again…even harder. I got secondaries in my bones diagnosed ten years ago and have been having treatment ever since and I can HONESTLy say that I feel much much better now than I did 10 years ago as I was in so much pain back then. The new treatments and drugs have helped me survive all this and and I am doing well. I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope some of my strenghth rubs off on you. You will get through all this…one day at a time. LOL XX
thank u "scottishlass"makes me feel so much better when i read stories like yours ,although am very sorry that your in this club as well ,Am just impatient to start treatment now ,but i suppose i`ll have to just wait and get the right treatment for it ,least its a sunny day here today !! x
Send me a private message if you would like to. I am having a tooth extracted tomorrow and there could be complications because of the drugs I have been on for the past 10 years. But hey ho life goes on. It just doeasn’t upset me anymore. You are NOT dying of CaNCER…LIFE GOES ON…AND ON…I am there to listen to you. Use me whenever to let off stem. Sometimes just puting it in words makes it easier to deal with…let it out girl…you will get there. XXX
Hi all, thank you so much for all your comments. I havent posted for a while as I have had a rough few weeks. First taxol really floored me then I had to miss a couple as bloods werent good enough and had really awful thrush.
Three or four weeks on though now and things are improving. I have had 3 taxol now one bone chemo and one herceptin. My liver function is improving and I am feeling so much better. Still very weak and not really able to do very much but so much better than at the start.
I have come to terms with things now and am feeling positive as I can feel the treatment is helping, so fingers crossed I can live with it all for many years like some of you have been doing.
I’m off to watch big brother eviction now so just a quick post but thanks again for all your encouraging words, best wishes to everyone.
ps Its Dunfermline I go to, usually on a Friday.
Hi Katieblue
so pleased to read that you are feeling better…it must have been rough and at times scary over the past few weeks. I have had 2 treatments and like yourself starting too feel the effects… tired and grumpy!! Although I am sure my children and husband would say the I am always grumpy!!
Good luck with the rest of your treatment