Stage 2b - looking for hope

libby2002
libby2002 Member Posts: 41
edited November 2019 in Stage II Breast Cancer

hi -

Diagnosed at 34 with stage 2 breast cancer. 3.5cm tumour, 1 node. Er+ , weakly Pr+, Her2- .


Anyone had a similar diagnosis and made it through for a long time?

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  • momand2kids
    momand2kids Member Posts: 1,508
    edited June 2019

    Hi

    our dx are not the same-but there is always a good reason to hope-- you are early stage and her2- these are good things--take a look at the thread on young women with bc..... I think you will find lots of support there.

    hang in there.

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  • libby2002
    libby2002 Member Posts: 41
    edited June 2019

    Thank you @momand2kids

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2019

    We have a similar diagnosis, but I was triple negative, with a 3.9cm tumor and 2 positive nodes. I finished treatment 5 years ago and I'm feeling good. Hang in there, Libby!

    Kelly

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  • Bellini3
    Bellini3 Member Posts: 12
    edited July 2019

    Hi Libby

    I was also diagnosed at 34 stage 2b- 9 years ago and going well

    All the best

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  • libby2002
    libby2002 Member Posts: 41
    edited July 2019

    thank you everyone

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  • BCat34
    BCat34 Member Posts: 17
    edited July 2019

    I was just a few months into age 34 when diagnosed with locally advanced IDC on the left (which was eventually called an 8cm tumor on my chart), 1 node at biopsy time and weakly ER+. I just celebrated my 7 years out milestone and am still gratefully NED, with no recurrence after complete response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and still taking daily tamoxifen and 4,000 units a day of Vitamin D.

    Hang in there -- it's absolutely a step by step, day by day journey. Groups like this and others really helped give me strength when I was able to find others who could relate to such a tremendous and rare event in your 30s.


    Very best

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  • Beesy_The_Other_One
    Beesy_The_Other_One Member Posts: 274
    edited July 2019

    Libby, I can't say it's been a long time for me, but BCat34 brings up a good point--note that she's taking Tamoxifen AND 4,000 IU's of Vitamin D. There's a great thread talking about research that suggests that women with high Vitamin D levels are twice as likely to survive than those with low levels (and the articles linked in the thread indicate that women who are diagnosed are far more likely to have dramatically low levels!). Here's the thread: https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topics/818855?page=1 Taking Vitamin D seems like a pretty easy thing to take in the scheme of things!

    After some research, I learned that to maximize the effectiveness of Vitamin D supplementation while minimizing risk of toxicity, taking Vitamin K with the Vitamin D is helpful. The supplement I take has 5,000 IU's of D and 100 mcg of K. I plan to have my MO check my levels when he does routine bloodwork in August.


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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited November 2019

    hello sweetie I was planning our 2 marriages when I found lump in shower working in medical field most of my life I went into work at medical center. Things started moving fast after that got diagnosed with breast cancer also got 2nd opinion same diagnosis. Devastated was only 42 no family history diagnosed with idc stage2 0/3 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast then got married then 7wks rads and 5yrs on Tamoxifen Praise God now a 25yr Survivor. Wrote book about experience. "The Healing of Breast Cancer",A Physical and Spiritual Healing Of My Body and Soul. On Amazon com and Barnes &Noble. Hope this helps. Mrs Phyllis Alexander.

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  • Claire_in_Seattle
    Claire_in_Seattle Member Posts: 4,570
    edited November 2019

    Ten years out and doing beyond fabulous! You should expect the same. Good luck!!!

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  • libby2002
    libby2002 Member Posts: 41
    edited November 2019

    hi all,


    Thank you for your responses. At surgery time it turned out I had 4 nodes +. It pushed me out to a stage 3a. I had nowhere near a complete response to chemo and I am feeling incredibly hopeless.


    Libby

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