I can’t give specifics because I was never given them but my mother in law had a terrible prognosis after her radical mastectomy when she was 50 - large tumour, invaded chest wall, thought to be very aggressive, full clearance - many lymph nodes affected. She was one of the first candidates of chemotherapy which was incredibly strong in those days. Anyway she died of something unrelated 35 years later…she outlived her oncologist!
Manou, this is the same scenario as my aunt - v poor pronosis in her late 40s, radical surgery with most of the lymph nodes involved. BC was also in her family and her mother and other female relatives had died from it. She went on the first chemo trial in Scotland and died 18 months ago from old age in her 80s. At that point only one drug had been developed, 5fu. Her cancer never came back. One of my Herceptin nurses was nursing BC patients back in the 70s and she always says she thinks it’s because those ladies all got really high doses of radiation, which was pretty much all they could offer at the time. My onc told me she sees ladies all the time who had BC back in the 60s and 70s but who have gone on to lead very full lives. In my aunt’s case she dusted herself off, went back to work and got on with it, but I always think the generation who had to go through WW2 were very much like that. All the way through my treatment I could hear my late dad every day telling me I had to keep going and to get on with it. I also had a dream where he told me I would not be visiting him and my late mum for a very long time and this keeps me positive.
I too was 3 cm tumour grade 3 6 nodes involved and over 4 years later still ned and feeling great keep smiling and the sun is so shining today xx
I was a 2.3cm grade 3 tumour 1 node involved mastectomy (lots of DCS) 6x FEC 15 Rads finished treatment april 2007. It is so lovely to hear all these great stories - has given me a lot of hope as on a bad day I doubt i am going to be here in 10 years,and get frightened abt planning ahead - hols and things, and am worried about every ache and pain!!!. But I am keeping well and most days it feels just so good to be alive, and I have just been brave and booked a summer holiday after my son graduates from university in June so there is a lot to look forward to!!! there is life after cancer!!!
I need to read all these positive stories bacause right now I’m not in a very good place
I have a 13cm, grade 3, stage 3 IBC, and the stats took bad.
Whilst I am trying my very best to be positive I look at my too babies (2 and 7 months), and am scared by how much of their lives I might miss
Love to everyone, keep fighting
Rebecca
Thankyou to all those ladies who have posted here with positive stories. I too feel a bit Shi* at the moment. Sometimes you can read something on here and it really upsets you.
I too needed a lift to be positive about me and the place im in at the moment.
Thankyou
Sukes
hi everyone had 1.7cm tumour 5yrs ago with lymph node involvement ask my onc what chance i ahd of beating this he said 50/50 and never even lifted his head when he said it, welll as i said its 5ys and am doing great the only thing wrong with me now is 2 burst discs in my back dont no if its a side effect of chemo any we battle on and we will WIN take care xx
Hi all
Not posted on here for a while,but just had a friend diagnosed with BC.
She tells me tht I’m her inspiration to get her through this and remain positive.
I was diagnosed 11 years ago with an extremely poor prognosis. All I can say is make each day count, at the end of the day look back and find just one positive thing[even if its being sick only the once instead of the usual dozen!] and gradually you find yorself doing this each week, then month, and finally yearly.Then suddenly it dawns on you that we are all survivors.
So please, all of you keep fighting, keep hoping, and finally keep believing, in YOU.
Love and luck and happiness to you all.
Chris
These are just what I need to read today…!! Thank you so much…feeling less teary !!
xxxx