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karendunn36
karendunn36 Member Posts: 16
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

i had 16 nodes removed and 8 were affected i understand this isnt really good what about anyone else???

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  • alison34
    alison34 Member Posts: 138
    edited February 2010

    hi karen

    there are lots of us on here that have node involvment and you will read posts like i have and some women with positive nodes are in there 5th year of NED

    we are all different but please dont get hung up on the node thing

    just get the treatment you need and we will see you come out the other side

    all the best and good luck xxxx

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  • pj12
    pj12 Member Posts: 25,402
    edited February 2010

    Hi Karen,

    So sorry you are having to deal with this. Your news is not what you want to hear... but none of this stuff is welcome news. Now your doctors know what you are dealing with, you're not in some ambiguous grey area where decisions have to be made with inadequate information, and you are going to  dive into treatment with a whole team fighting for you.

    There is so much available in the way of treatment now that wasn't here even a few years ago. And you have found a  great place to come for comfort, information and support.

    Good luck and hugs.

    pam 

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  • chainsawz
    chainsawz Member Posts: 3,473
    edited February 2010

    There are many women with positive nodes who don't have a recurrence, and then others like me who are stage IV with clean nodes.  I'm with alison34 - I wouldn't get too hung up on the nodes :>  Best to you!!!!

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  • pupfoster1
    pupfoster1 Member Posts: 1,484
    edited February 2010

    Hi Karen,

    Sorry you are having to go through all of this.  Even though all my preliminary scans came back clean (except for the breast area) I indeed had a lot of node involvement (13/15).  For some reason I was not surprised when they told me although the amount certainly freaked me out.  For some reason I kind of knew there was something going on there.  So, no it's not what you want to hear, but as my oncologist told me after surgery---I do not have cancer anymore, they got all of it in surgery, but I DO have the "seeds" of cancer in my body and now we have to treat them to prevent them from "sprouting".  

    Please keep us posted on how you are doing.

    Sharon :)

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  • karendunn36
    karendunn36 Member Posts: 16
    edited February 2010

    thanks for that sharon, im waiting for my ct scan now as they found cells in my blood vessels so fingers crossed next week x

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