Metastatic Breast Cancer

Hi all, dont really know what to say as frigtened as what will come back. HAD DCIS in 2011 had lumpectomy radiotherapy and tamoxifen all was good then xmas 2014 told c had come back but this time in breast collar bone lung and sturnem GUTTED !!! After 3 chemos some has disapeared partial response on sturnem and was just wondering if anyone is so unlucky to have a similar story ??? Im going for no 5 chemo today have been told will not cure me but hope to keep it under control i pray everynight that i have many many years ahead of me, im now 48

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  • Hi,  no wonder you choose the name Hellsbells, I think I would have felt the same.  It must have been such a shock to be re-diagnosised, especially after having DCIS, which I am lead to believe is cancer contained with-in the duct and if removed is unlikely to spread!!!    A friend of mine had cancer return after being told 6 months before that they had got it all and would not need raditotheraphy after all  -  Absolutely gutted when the 6 months scan revealed a return - now not even sure of the primary.

    Glad that the chemo has done some good, remember its keeps working for some time after the last session and as Max say there is new things in the pipe-line and outcomes are allways 5years  (and sometimes much longer) out of date.

    Sounds as if you have a 'can do attitude' which I think helps fight this disease, but should we have things to get off our chest, its  good we have this site to come to.

    I do hope things improve for you, take care, gardenlady.

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  • Hi,  no wonder you choose the name Hellsbells, I think I would have felt the same.  It must have been such a shock to be re-diagnosised, especially after having DCIS, which I am lead to believe is cancer contained with-in the duct and if removed is unlikely to spread!!!    A friend of mine had cancer return after being told 6 months before that they had got it all and would not need raditotheraphy after all  -  Absolutely gutted when the 6 months scan revealed a return - now not even sure of the primary.

    Glad that the chemo has done some good, remember its keeps working for some time after the last session and as Max say there is new things in the pipe-line and outcomes are allways 5years  (and sometimes much longer) out of date.

    Sounds as if you have a 'can do attitude' which I think helps fight this disease, but should we have things to get off our chest, its  good we have this site to come to.

    I do hope things improve for you, take care, gardenlady.

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