Hi

i am slightly hijacking this thread, off topic...,just wondering if any of you ladies who have been on tamoxifen for 10 years started out as node positive, grade 3 diagnoses? I am recently diagnosed and it feels almost impossible I will be here in 10 years so guess I'm looking for some hope from long-term survivors. (HER2 neg/eR positive) 

thanks 

Dear Hel39

I had that diagnosis in 2008 aged 44, I was told that most pre menopausal tumours are grade 3, so try not to worry. I had the full range of surgery/ chemo/ radio/ tamoxifen and am now fit and well, saw my children grow up and now have a granddaughter. 
Wishing you all the best for the future xx

Dear Hel39

I had that diagnosis in 2008 aged 44, I was told that most pre menopausal tumours are grade 3, so try not to worry. I had the full range of surgery/ chemo/ radio/ tamoxifen and am now fit and well, saw my children grow up and now have a granddaughter. 
Wishing you all the best for the future xx

Thank you so much. It gives me so much hope to read these posts. It was in four nodes after clearance - 2 micromets and 2 macro. Had a bit of a spiral after reading this and terms like 'lympho-vascular invasion' and 'extra-capsular spread' on my pathology report but trying to stay positive still. Start chemo in a couple of weeks.

thabk you again. Means a lot.

xx

I had 3 nodes and the lymphovascular invasion, don't remember any more details. It's a rough 9 months but you'll be good by Christmas :)

Thank you so much; it reassuring to hear x