Guess I'm moving on

lanagraves

I had hoped for at least a few blissful months (or years) after TX before having to face this again. I guess it is not to be so.

Momof2inME

Lana,

I have followed your posts and I am so sorry about your progression. I will be thinking of you and hoping the Tamoxifen blasts that little bugger away. Stay strong!

lanagraves

Thank momof2. I'm visualizing the Tamoxifen in terms of one of the little Dragon Ball people on my son's favorite tv show blasting away at the cancer cells every time I take one. Lol. Can you tell I live in a house full of boys?

bak94

Aww, I am sorry to hear that. Yep, blast those little buggers away! Will you do radiation also?

lanagraves

No more radiation just yet. He said if I was in a lot of pain, or if it was a weight bearing bone, they would do rads, but since it's a rib, and I'm not hurting, they won't.

ck55

Lana, So sorry to read this. F*#king cancer!!!!!

Cyndi

MandalaB

I'm sorry Lana.

xo

TectonicShift

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Kay_G

I am sorry to hear that. (((hugs)))

Bugs

Oh Lana, WTH?!  I'm so sorry about this.  Keep us posted on the treatment plan and how you are feeling.  Damn right those dragon balls are going to blast that sucker away!

Elizabeth1959

I am sorry to learn of your progression. I hope treatment will keep you NED for a long time. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this

mamabee

I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope the tamoxifen gets you to NED right away. (((hugs)))

NancyD

Do what you have to do. Stay strong. I hope you are dancing with NED very soon.

Alicethecat

Hi Lana

It's Alicethecat here from the chemo marchers thread. I was so sorry to hear your news. However...

My oncologist told me that a single bone met is not the end of the world and he can keep people going for many years.

Best wishes 

Alice

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Alicethecat............ I am sure your oncologist meant well, and was maybe he was just trying to reassure you, (Did he say this in response to your bone mets?) but it seems kind of like kind of an insensitive thing for him to say to someone that just discovered that their BC has metastasized to the bone......just a thought.........

lanagraves

Thanks Alice. My onc is very optimistic and believes that Tamoxifen will knock it back quickly. I feel great physically and my energy has come back after chemo and rads. He told me the same thing - that we can manage this for many years.

kathleen1966

Lanagraves, I am soo sorry you are having to face this but I think there is much hope for you to live a very, very long life.  And the longer the time you WILL get, the more time there will be for newer, better and more effective treatments to be discovered. I sat next to a woman in the chemo room who was going on 16 years with just bone mets.  She was not there for chemo, but for some hormone treatment.  Other than her sleeve, you would never have known she was in treatment by her appearance. Full head of hair, etc....I hope you continue to feel hopeful!  It sounds like you have a wonderful oncologist who will be there for you.

lanagraves

Thanks Kathleen. I do have a wonderful medical team - MO, RO, research nurse, breast cancer navigator, etc., they're all great. I'm really not taking it as hard as I thought I would. And my friend at the office who has been by my side throughout this told me this morning that she has been Stage IV with two bone mets to vertebrae since 1998. I asked why she didn't tell me before and she said because she didn't want to scare me and make me start wondering even more if that's what was going on with me. She's a very private person anyway. But she is doing great. You can't tell she has anything wrong at all. She has had two bouts with cancer in her breast and has another spot now that they are about to begin treating. The bone mets are stable, and have been since 1998. She was diagnosed with MS earlier this year and is more concerned about that than the BC. She is truly an amazing woman.

Anonymous

Lana - what symptoms did you notice this second time around?  I'm scared as heck that I won't have any real symptoms to tell me something's recurred.  Was it by elevated tumor markers in your bloodwork?  I also had BMX, and didn't have a clue when dx'd.  And only through ultrasound did my cancer actually show itself.  I hope and pray you stay strong --you can do this!