Lung/Trachea poss liver mets
Lung/Trachea poss liver mets Hi All
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lung/trachea poss liver mets.
posted on 21.06.07 7:53 pm
georgia58
Hello, I have been reading the mail on here and there are a lot of brave people on this site. Im not feeling so brave this time.
I was diagnosed with breast Cancer nearly 12 years ago , I had mastectomy , Chemo, Radiotherapy, then I had my ovaries removed as part of my treatment then, went through second mastectomy , and 2 years after had reconstruction,
I was finally discharged this Feb but a blood test taken then later gave cause for concern, following a trip back to the Oncologist he requested various scans as a precaution. I had not been feeling to good but had been diagnosed with Hypthyroidism and fatique.
To our utter disbelief we were told cancer had returned to both Lungs (all over) bottom of wind pipe and an undiagnosed yet! lump in the Liver. I have been put on Arimedex but await futher scans to see if chemo is required, I do not have my head round this yet and although I have lived with Cancer for 12 years I feel a little lost and alone.
I have a very suportive family and the best hubby I could ever wish for but I find all this is doing my head in, I am normally a very positive person but I feel deflated and my self esteem and packed its bags and disapeared ( hopefully just gone away on a break)
If any one else is in the same or simular boat can you please tell me how you are getting through as this is the first time in my life (im 49) I feel completely soul numb and I dont like it.
I have asked for counselling from my Gp and that is being put in place but a few kind words from one of you lovely ladies may help me back on the path again.
many thanks Georgia
Your not alone Hello Georgia
I read your post and i am sorry , it must be a terrible shock for you , after all these years . You must have thought you were in the clear after so long . It just shows you , that when the health professionals say after 5 years and no reacurance you are in the clear , how wrong they are . I have been fighting cancer for 7 years now , when i first had it in 2000 , it was a tiny lump ., no lymph nodes affected, and stage 2. Looked as tho i may be ok , then 3 years later it came back in the same breast, had a mastectomy and chemo, then 3 years later , its spread to my bones , lung, and liver. Its such a crafty desease , i to am only 49 and have 2 daughters 25 and 9 . I am so angry with life and so very scared . Love to you from carolm x
My wife has severe liver mets and did have lung mets and has been on Xeloda for over a year. Today her doctor told her that her bloods are " Incredible " !!!
So six months after the time they thought she would no longer be here the Xeloda is really working and holding back the very large ( nearly 75% of her liver ) mets.
Stay strong, just as my wife has been, she is only 44 with two teenage daughters.
XX
your not alone Hi carolm ,
many thanks for your reply, I agree this is a crafty disease, i is as you say scary, I do find tho im not angry but very sad, I too am 49, have 3 grown up children 30, 25 , and 22 , two grandchildren and 3rd on its way, first time round my daughter was 10 and I was determined to fight hard , I was not going to give in as I felt my daughter would have no hope ( we have a family tree of breast and ovarian cancers and no-one then had survived it). I am not scared of death but I am very scared of the dying part, I guess thats what frightens us all and the fact we love our families so much and cant bare to leave them.
but i am going to find my courage again and try my best to fight, I am very tired and a nervous wreck but i will battle on.
please dont be too angry as it drains your energy and your daughters will sense your anger,
good luck x
Georgia x
Hi georgia
I can totally sympathise with you. I had my diagnosis of lung mets last October after 3 years, being told I had a good prognosis. I had also had tamoxifen Exemestane Zoladex and my ovaries removed!! There was just utter disbelief from everyone including my oncologist. I had FEC immediatly and Arimidex and My scans show that everything is stable but the difficult part is not knowing when it will return - as I am told it will. It’s a matter of finding a way to live with that whilst getting on with my very busy life and squeezing every last bit out of it!!
I have 2 children, 16 and 13 my 13 year old daughter has found it all particularly difficult, she does ask the difficult questions and I was advised to be honest with her but I know that she struggles with the fact that it can’t be “cured”. I have been going to the London Haven and had some counselling there which was helpful and they also saw my daughter and that was of real benefit for her. We are just now trying to get on with life, work, school and planning holidays!!! The new normal!!!
I do hope that things work out well for you and that your treatment is successful. I also hope that you can find a coping mechanism that works for you as it is as you will already know a very lonely place at times however upbeat we can try to sound
With Very Best Wishes
Kathryn
Hello Georgia
I have just read your post and understand exactly how you feel. I first had breast cancer 13 years ago and following a mastectomy took tamoxifen for 6 years. I continued to see the surgeon once a year for a check up and had no problems until last year. Ironically the pain in my groin started the month after my visit to him but I didn’t think it was important and unfortunately neither did my GP. It took 6 months before bone mets were dx in the hip/pelvis and I found it really difficult to deal with. Initially I spent hours on the internet looking for info and statistics on mortality etc and I bombarded the oncologist with all the “bumph” everytime I saw him. I suppose I was looking for a miracle cure but I accept now that there isn’t one but there are many treatments available. I take Arimidex and Bonefos ( to strengthen the bones) and hopefully this will work for a while but I do get paranoid whenever I have any pain and I have to remind myself that at 60 I will get aches associated with age. I have two beautiful grand daughters who I would love to see grow up. I wish you all the best with your treatments. Stay positive
Barbara
hi pat
no sorry, don’t live in the states
barbara