Introduce yourself. How has cancer affected you? (prognosis, cure, time)
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My mother is a 5 year survivor of breast cancer. She has great health insurance and always gets her mamograms. It saved her. The tumor was found early, taken out, a little radiation, and she has been clear ever since. My Dad had oral cancer last year. They had to pull all of his teeth. He had radiation and is doing well.
The biggest scare so far is my MIL. She was diagnosed a few weeks ago with stage 3b lung cancer. She will have her second chemo treatment tomorrow. We are praying and supporting. Hoping for a miracle.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 35yrs. ago, it wasn't talked about much then but i had read in a magazine about checking for lumps ..i found it myself, paid a visit to the doctor but he didn't seem to think it was anything ..a month later i had become obsessed with feeling this lump, i wasn't satisfied with his answer so went back again ...he finally agreed to send me to a specialist within a week i had a radical mastectomy i was 34yrs.old in those days there was no such thing as lumpectomy and no chemo...but lucky for me the radical mastectomy saved my life as it had been diagnosed early and my own body and mind telling me to not accept what was being told to me.. today things are different more information around and mamograms are available to everyone. So please take advantage of it.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 35yrs. ago, it wasn't talked about much then but i had read in a magazine about checking for lumps ..i found it myself, paid a visit to the doctor but he didn't seem to think it was anything ..a month later i had become obsessed with feeling this lump, i wasn't satisfied with his answer so went back again ...he finally agreed to send me to a specialist within a week i had a radical mastectomy i was 34yrs.old in those days there was no such thing as lumpectomy and no chemo...but lucky for me the radical mastectomy saved my life as it had been diagnosed early and my own body and mind telling me to not accept what was being told to me.. today things are different more information around and mamograms are available to everyone. So please take advantage of it.
You rock cushla! So happy to hear your amazing and inspiring story!
In 2004 they found lung Cancer. Removed lower lobe of left lung, went thru Chemo for about 5 months. So far so good, no signs of it returning. I am now very conscious of what I eat and try to keep my immune system as strong as possible.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 35yrs. ago, it wasn't talked about much then but i had read in a magazine about checking for lumps ..i found it myself, paid a visit to the doctor but he didn't seem to think it was anything ..a month later i had become obsessed with feeling this lump, i wasn't satisfied with his answer so went back again ...he finally agreed to send me to a specialist within a week i had a radical mastectomy i was 34yrs.old in those days there was no such thing as lumpectomy and no chemo...but lucky for me the radical mastectomy saved my life as it had been diagnosed early and my own body and mind telling me to not accept what was being told to me.. today things are different more information around and mamograms are available to everyone. So please take advantage of it.
My mother in 1966 had a similar experience. She had a Radical Mastectomy also. During the same time period she had two friends who also had breast cancer. The treatments for the three covered the full range for the time period with my mother getting chemo, and surgery. She is 87 today, her friends who did no chemo, and limited radiation lasted about a year. Mother had and has a good support system which helped, but being willing to fight the cancer I feel was her greatest strength.
My mother in 1966 had a similar experience. She had a Radical Mastectomy also. During the same time period she had two friends who also had breast cancer. The treatments for the three covered the full range for the time period with my mother getting chemo, and surgery. She is 87 today, her friends who did no chemo, and limited radiation lasted about a year. Mother had and has a good support system which helped, but being willing to fight the cancer I feel was her greatest strength.
She sounds like a very strong and inspring woman, she was positive from the beginning and has survived because of that positivity and accepting the treatments available. I also had a friend who died 2 years ago she did not come to terms with the illness and refused chemo. Good Luck to you and your Mother.
My Mom was diagnosed last year with IDC breast cancer. She had her mastectomy and then 6 months of chemo. When they did her chest and abdomen scan in August they found a mass in her gallbladder. She had surgery to remove that in Sept and we will find out tomorrow if it was cancer or not. Our life will be forever changed, we don't take things for granted and were so grateful that she got a year older this year, it could have been so much worse.
I was diagnosed with throat (neck) cancer in June of this year. Squamous cell is the specific type. It started as a swollen lymph node which was removed and upon inspection of the material, the cancer was discovered. In August, I started what was to be 6 weeks of radiation and 3 courses of chemo (cisplatin) but I stopped treatments after just one course of chemo and a bit over a week of the radiation.
The reason I stopped the treatments was because of a long discussion with my radiation oncologist. He said that the treatments only improved the situation by 10-15 percent. And for this type of treatment, the costs are quite high - permanent loss of saliva glands and probable loss of all teeth as well as the usual temporary loss of hair, sense of taste, etc.
They refer to my condition as an occult primary, meaning that they can't find a tumor. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm cancer free right now. The doctor says the chance of it never recurring are around 60%. I'm going with the odds! I can aways resume treatments later if needed.
I am kind of devestated at this point. My mom has been sick for just about a year now and every doc we went to see could not pin point what it was. We even asked them, could it be cancer? Oh, no, was the reply. I guess it did not show up in any of her tests. We then went to a really highly regarded doc who did his med training at mayo clinic. We traveled to new haven ct, which is about a 45 min drive. It was worth it. In one office visit, after ordering an MRI, he found it.
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Just found out mom has adenocarcinoma
