Do I have a real chance of dying?!?!?!?

hello sweetie I was diagnosed at 42 while I was making plans for our 2nd marriage then that was considered young I found the lump in shower that seem to just show up was so scared But had my cry and decided to fight with everything I got included Faith Family n Hope. I went to sleep with medication Ambien saying to my body(cancer u have to leave my body).Long story short we got married between chemo n dad's Praise God I am a 23yr Survivor.msphil. idc stage2 0\3nodes 3 months chemo before n after Lmast dad's n 5 yrs on tamoxifen. God Bless Us All.😘

hi greeneyes,

Let me first say that I am sorry this has happened to you. Secondly, I will say that I was 27 when I was diagnosed in 2014. I am 30 now and was JUST diagnosed with recurrence, 3 years later. It is most likely local. Still waiting on a node biopsy.

I want you to be as informed as possible when it comes to treatment options. I was originally diagnosed with DCIS and IDC in my right breast, no lymph nodes were involved. I chose bilateral nipple/skin sparing mastectomy. Followed by chemo(taxol) and herceptin and a year of tamoxifen (stopped to try for another baby then the new lump popped up). No radiation. I would also like to point out that my original surgery was as performed by a general NOT a breast surgeon. In the process of putting together my team, I switched hospitals. Somewhere along the way the DCIS slipped through the cracks as the IDC was the bigger concern. Radiation wasn't part of my treatment plan since I shouldn't have had any tissue left.

Coming from the same place of just wanting to live and be here for my little boy, I'm taking the 'more is more' approach with the treatment for this recurrence. I'm having what's left of my breasts removed and my oncologist has recommended chemo followed by radiation.

My advice is to make sure you have a BREAST surgeon, ask for a second opinion on pathology and treatment plan, and push for radiation.

Finally, you're going to be fine. Sounds like you caught it early and havethe option to use targeted therapy. Sending you big hugs

Greeneyes81 - I just wanted to pop in and say that I found a lump in August 2011 at the age of 30 but was only diagnosed in January 2012. It was Stage 2B (2.1 cm, ER 100%/PR 98%, 2 involved lymph nodes, HER2-). I am now 36 and healthy as can be. Another girl around my age that I know that had four involved nodes is also doing great. It is terrifying as your mortality becomes very real and I have struggled with anxiety but there is SO much hope.