Is there hope for Lymph Node involvment?

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  • Bethie1
    Bethie1 Member Posts: 393
    edited June 2009

    I believe there is hope for us with lymph node involvement.  My tumor was found by myself 1 week before this past Christmas, and was 2 cm with 5 out of 24 nodes positive.  There is NO cancer in my family either; I thought I pulled a muscle, it was fibroid/cyst,etc, and the doctors said they knew how to treat it, and I finished chemo 5/20--hardly sick-just fatigue or queasy.  Get rad consult 6/8, then VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come back and starts rads roughly 3 weeks from that last chemo. LET'S KICK THIS BIG C IN THE BUTT GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • mrsb
    mrsb Member Posts: 140
    edited June 2009

     2 nodes positive almost 6 1/2 years ans still behaving myself. In my opinion the lymph nodes did there job... caught the cancer................

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  • bettysgirl
    bettysgirl Member Posts: 938
    edited June 2009

    you have to think positive. There are a lot of success stories out there with positive nodes. Hopefully they will continue to chime in. I have a friend who had 26 positive nodes and she is a 10+ yr survivor. It can be done!!

    Make plans and live your life. I know some days it is easier to say than to do but there is still so much for you to see and do!!

    Take care

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  • PATTY50
    PATTY50 Member Posts: 75
    edited June 2009

    Thanks for this post. I had 2/12 positive nodes.  This really scared me more than anything. Sometime I still get down about it.  Its good to hear all these positive stories.  Thanks ladies!

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  • Curlylocks
    Curlylocks Member Posts: 1,060
    edited June 2009

    I will be a 4 year survivor in October of a 4cm tumour, grade III and 3 out of 23 positive lymph nodes. Diagnosed at age 41, turned 45 in May.

    Yes there is hope out there, for anyone newly diagnosed NEVER give up the HOPE!

    Michele

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  • lumineaux
    lumineaux Member Posts: 9
    edited June 2009

    My positive lymph node diagonsis scared me more than the initial news that I have cancer.  Thank you all for the encouraging stories.  I've just started down the road of treatment, and it's comforting to know that I'm not kidding myself by saying that I am going to beat this.

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  • jacee
    jacee Member Posts: 1,384
    edited June 2009

    lumineaux~ I too, am just starting this path. Just had rt modified radical mast on Jun 8. 3 of 11 positive nodes, one was an internal mammary node...which frightens me more than anything.  Will consult with Onc today.  I know it will be a long road, but it is VERY comforting to know others have beat this....NEVER lose hope.

    Joni

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