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masser Member Posts: 9
edited June 2014 in LGBTQA+ With Breast Cancer

Just heard my cancer has returned in my spine, ribs and chest wall. not sure of the treatment yet, if it will be just radition or chemo ( please god not again ) but i just want to say, that i am so scared, i nearly made 5 years aswell. my mum has gone to bits, i have had to stop work, not sure if i will get paid, and i have had to cancel my holiday to sa for xmas. i just feel rubbish at the mo and just wish theses trumors would just leave me alone - rant over

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  • Traci-----TripNeg
    Traci-----TripNeg Member Posts: 2,298
    edited November 2010

    ((((((hugs)))))))

    Frown I'm so sorry.

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  • navygirl
    navygirl Member Posts: 886
    edited November 2010

    I'm so sorry for your crappy news masser, especially right before your planned vacation! It's fair to be a wreck right now, but know you have all the support you need here - your mum as well! Let us know if we can help. ((((hugs))))

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  • JustJean
    JustJean Member Posts: 327
    edited November 2010

    Oh, cancer sucks SO bad. I am sorry to hear your news.

    (((((((((( masser ))))))))))))))

    Feel free to vent here, we all understand.

    JJ

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  • Lovegolf
    Lovegolf Member Posts: 513
    edited December 2010

    So sorry to hear..Sux. We all fear it coming back.  Fight like hell all you can do.

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  • phew
    phew Member Posts: 225
    edited December 2010

    oh masser!  how horrible and i cant even begin to guess how terrifying.   ya know i,return to a fear of return but never to such an extensive level.   i have had few cancers but not like yours at all.  so to say i know what you are going thru is an understatemnt  my income is protected, so in that way i am very fortunate.  but beyond that, the only thing that survies is that i have been humbled by them and lent to:  how  importantt  is it (<---fill in the blank)   if it were me, i would be screaming and ranting and raging and trying to laugh:  i always think, what's the alternative?   whoah!

       

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  • phew
    phew Member Posts: 225
    edited December 2010
    i watch way too much tv    but    on criminal minds, they quoted khalil gibran   and   without meaning to sound like apollyanna:    Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.   hopefully it will sound as swell to you as it did to me?
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  • LikingMyNewLook
    LikingMyNewLook Member Posts: 1
    edited June 2013

    I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast in 2005.  Had a lumpectomy followed by radiation and tamoxifin for 5 years.  In April I went for my annual mammogram, and it showed a new shadow in my right breast.  On May 3rd I had a bilateral mastectomy, and still have drains in my sides.  I don't know if I will need any further treatment this time.  My surgeon says I won't but I'm still waiting to see an oncologist.

    I always thought getting through 5 years cancer free meant it wouldn't return.  But then I heard about several women who had it return after 8 years.  So now that's where I fit.

    I'm not having reconstruction- what would be the point?  I still have stitches, so I can't really tell what I truly look like breastless, but I am getting used to it, and liking being breastfree.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited June 2013

    Hi Likingmynewlook, 

    Darn, we are so sorry to hear you have to go through this again! But, welcome to our community, and we hope you find the support you may need this time around. Wishing you the best, and thinking of you!
     

    The Mods

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