Posts Tagged ‘Chemo’
My mother was just diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2nd time at age 53. She had breast cancer 14 years ago (at age 38), had the lump removed and under went chemo and radiation. She recently found a another lump in the same breast and it has tested positive. Any one have any experiences with a 2nd round of breast cancer and what the survival rates are??? They don’t know what stage it is yet or if it has spread, until they do surgery and more tests, so I know I’m jumping the gun. I’m just so nervous and wondering if anyone else has dealt with a similar experience. To make matters worse, she has had some heart complications in recent years due to the first chemotherapy treatments. It had damaged and weakened her heart and she is now on medications to help her heart work more efficiently. I know cancer treatments are more sophisicated today, but I’m afraid her options are limited because of her other medical issues.
My mum (59 years of age, no prior health complaints, never smoked, drinks lightly, eats very healthily and has no history of cancer in her family) has just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She’s been told she needs a lumpectomy followed by 5 weeks of chemotherapy, that there’s no chance of a masectomy and it’s “eminantely curable” in the doctor’s words. While I know it’s difficult to say the least to give a prognosis over the web like this, given the facts outlined, my question is threeofold:
1) Is it likely to shorten her life at all?
2) Is it likely to recur?
3) Is it likely to massively change her quality of life in the every day practical sense, the implications of chemo and the like excluded?
Particularly appreciate honest opinions from survivors and those in the medical profession. Thanks for taking the time, really appreciate it.
Thanks very much for all the answers, especially from survivors, realize it can’t be easy to even talk about. She’s going for a PET scan on Thursday and is petrified it’ll show up elsewhere. From what my dad has told me, the biopsy shows surrounding tissues are unaffected, it’s a 3cm lump and that’s all. Is that a pretty solid indication it’s not metasticized? Also, once she’s had the op and chemo and, assuming she’s told she’s all clear, does that mean it’s virtually certain it can’t metasticize? I mean cancer can’t metasticize if the origin point is cleared right? Thanks a million again!
My aunt is currently in her final stage of breast cancer. She’s already had her gull bladder removed and her it spread 2 her liver. Now it’s gone 2 her bones. it even hurts when she breaths. she’s going through chemo since yesterday. does anyone know how long she has 2 live?