triple negative

sftfemme65

Even if you have a mastectomy with lymph node removal....they do not remove them all.  Usually only the first and sometimes the second level is removed.  Rarely is the third level removed at all.  Even if they did remove all levels there is no way they can guarentee that all were removed because they're are different amounts in different areas for each person. 

Teresa

daisyhope

Hi, finnaly found this site. I have IDC, stage 1, grade 3, tripple negative on receptors.  As I read I began to be scared about being tripple negative.  I keep asking myself, if the chemo & rad does not work... there looks like there is nothing else out there.  I am frightened andn surgery is scheduled for the 22nd (8 days).  My mind in overwhelmed iwth trying to hope that I will live and what will i do with all the bills....will I be homeless?  I have insurance but they are switching to a much less good insurnace on January ... just before rad begins i think.   I am so lonely and all I have are my dogs to comfort me. I have one sister who is supportive... but other than that I am a single childless woman who has no close friiends and boy am I lonely now.   If I could only take back the last few years... there are a few things I would so like to do.... like have a life.   Well, it sounds like there are poeple here who are beating it. Is this a hard road to take?  Can there be a future for me?

Roya

Ladyinpink,

I did not make a big investment in wigs.  I bought a few cheapies in different styles and colours.  Cheapie means under $30.00 American dollars.  I get compliments on them all the time.  When the weather was warmer, I would often just go bald but now that it is getting cooler, I always wear a wig, cap, or scarf.

I am thru with A/C and am going for my 2nd Taxol tomorrow.  I have noticed my eyebrows seem thinner but there is stuble growing on my scalp.  So my hair must be growing back!!! Hurray!!