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Icietla
Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
edited September 2018 in Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY

Thank you for your love and support.

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited August 2018

    So sorry to hear of your recurrence. We're all "in your pocket" for whatever comes next.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited August 2018

    Thank you very much, ChiSandy, other Friends.

    Last Thursday I got two calls, very near together in time, about my tumor marker reading having increased to above the normal limit and about my being scheduled for a PET scan.

    I had my PET/CT scan Tuesday, and I saw enough of the images that day.

    I had my bad news appointment yesterday. The Radiology report concludes that all the (apparently) cancerous sites are consistent with metastatic disease. My Oncologist believes that all the (apparently) cancerous sites have metastatic recurrence of my breast cancer.

    Next week the most accessible site is to be biopsied to determine what else has changed. I have not had a call to tell me of my biopsy scheduling. A week after my biopsy, I am to learn of my new (to be determined) treatment plan. For now, nothing is changed about my treatment, except that now I am also on a steady diet of Valium.

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    "Things are different today."

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited August 2018

    So sorry to hear this. It is good to get the biopsy so they know about it. Sounds like you are in good hands. Thinking of you.

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  • holmes13
    holmes13 Member Posts: 214
    edited August 2018

    icietla- I am sorry about your news but it sounds like you were being monitored and that you are in good hands.we're here for you.

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  • LoveFromPhilly
    LoveFromPhilly Member Posts: 1,308
    edited August 2018

    Loving and supporting you!

    Upsetting and scary news to receive. No one wants to be "here" but we are a strong bunch with so much support, love and great advice/experience.

    Please feel free to cry vent post whatever you need.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited August 2018

    Thank you very much, Friends.

    Tuesday i had my pre-op appointment at the Hospital. Later that day we requested a few Will changes that should be ready for our review next Monday. We are adding pet/s care provisions with successor guardianship/s, and we have arranged for a new alternate Professional PR since we have moved to another State since executing our present Wills.

    Wednesday I met with my Primary Care Doctor to discuss some (not nearly all) End-of-Life concerns.

    Yesterday we went grocery shopping. It was exhausting for me, as it always is. I do not lift many of the grocery items -- just the lightweight ones within easy enough reach. I do not put them on the belt at the checkout, I do not load or unload the bags at the car, I generally just go along and point out some some selections, and otherwise, I mostly rest on my rollator. My grocery shopping outings are typically three weeks to a month apart.

    Later this morning I am to have CT-guided biopsy of the most accessible (apparently) cancerous site. I understand I am to be knocked out for the procedure.

    Next Thursday I am to meet with my Oncologist to learn of the new findings and of my new treatment plan.



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  • stexas
    stexas Member Posts: 52
    edited August 2018

    Lots of prayers for you my friend. I hope the news next week is better than what you expect it to be and your future is bright and wonderful. I have been thinking about you all week long. Please keep me posted. I will

    call you next week.



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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited August 2018

    Thank you very much, stexas.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited September 2018

    My last Letrozole dose was the evening before that last appointment with my Oncologist.

    The tissue from the one (the most accessible) biopsy site sampled is substantially different from that of my original breast cancer. The three principal suspect primary sources are my original breast cancer having mutated in its characteristics; another primary cancer for which I am at increased risk, having originated in one of the cancerous sites found in my recent imaging; and another primary cancer for which I am at increased risk, in which case the primary tumor would be occult.

    The biopsy specimen has been sent to a specialty pathology lab to have the cancer type identified.

    I am to return to my Oncologist next Tuesday to learn what is the cancer type and what might be done to treat it.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited September 2018

    Aug 11, 2018 05:48PM LovefromPhilly wrote:

    Loving and supporting you!

    Upsetting and scary news to receive. No one wants to be "here" but we are a strong bunch with so much support, love and great advice/experience.

    Please feel free to cry vent post whatever you need.

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    Icietla writes: Thank you.

    You may know this one from Philadelphia.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited September 2018

    90% Probability: Cervix adenocarcinoma.

    Cannot be excluded: Squamous cell carcinoma (6% probability) of Cervix, Head&Neck/Skin, or Lung.

    These types have relative probabilities less than 5%: Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, Breast adenocarcinoma.

    I am to start Chemotherapy next week.


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