Stage II A with one Node developed how much does recurrent?

First breath long breath in, and out.



Dont listen to those stories about other people getting reoccurrance. Her MO has probably gone over the chances with her.



I've read that exercise reduces chance of reoccurance . Then there is the aspirin theory, metformin looks promising. Breast cancer vaccine is in trial, its called nuovax? I'm sure I misspelled it.



Earthquake over.time to pick up the pieces.

I'm shocked she had 24 nodes removed.  Why?  That is a lot for a woman who only had one positive node.

There is a website called cancerlifemath that will help you calculate risks of recurrence.  Herceptin is only helpful if she's HER2+.

Unfortunately, even in women with no nodes, cancer does recur, as I can attest.  However, it is not common for a Stage II with one node to recur, she probably has something like an 85% five year survival.

I also was wondering like coolbreeze why so many nodes removed  with just one node involvement, she is at a higher risky for lympdema, do you have information on this?  (((Hugs))))

Melani- There is really no way of knowing who will get a recurrance and who wont, some women have early stage bc and goes on to be stage 4 some have an aggressive cacer and never get a recurrance. Even if she does get a recurrance dosnt mean its not treatable and dosnt mean there will be mets. She may of alrady had the scans which is nromal to order when first diagnosed. So instead of worring about a recurrance help her to focus on whats going on now and help her get through treatments, which im sure you are already doing.

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Debbie

Im sorry your sister is having a hard time with her treatments i did as well, here are a few things that might help if she hasnt already done this. I got the plastic utensils, because i had a metalic taste in my mouth when using regular silverware. Have her drink lots of water to flush out the toxins in her body. I couldnt drink citrus as it made my mouth sore worse. so i drank lots of water, but even water tasted yucky somtimes. Watermelon tasted especially good, and had ice pops and pudding. A lot of women said claritan helped there bone and body aches, this did not work for me, i had to take pain pills but most women swear by it. The emend didnt really help my nausea either, i started putting slices of ginger in my water and it seemed to help. I couldnt eat any of my favorite foods while going through chemo it tasted bad so she may want to avoid her favoite foods as she may not like them after chemo anymore. I hope this has helped somewhat. You are a great sister for advocating for her. Within about a week or two after her treatments she should start to feel better.

Has she started losing her hair yet? I lost mine about 14 days after first chemo, so i had my husband shave my head. Also, if you hav an American Cancer Society near you, they will give her wigs, hats and breast forms or anything she needs free of charge.They also have a 1 or 2 hour class that is called " Look good feel good" they give you free make-up and show you how to use it too.