You know, he didn’t even tell me if it was hormone positive. My first one was, and I’ve been taking tamoxiphen since March of 13. I just didn’t think to ask. All I was thinking of was “I’M GOING TO DIE??????????????”
Now I know I’m in the hands of God, but my sons.....I hate to leave my sons and grands. And I know I might not die of this. But it feels like I am.
I'll bet that's the first place all of our thoughts go to when we're diagnosed - isn't it? Then immediately we think of our children, families, the people we love.
But there are many survivors including people who were diagnosed twice and survivors of all stages. I met a woman at the oncologist's office who had many more positive lymph nodes and was still doing well a decade later.
The thing is, why didn't your doctors catch this other tumor earlier? It's only been two years since you were treated. And - you're right - it appears that neither the tamoxifen nor the chemo must have worked on this other tumor. Did the oncologist say you needed a different type of chemo/treatment now?
Is the oncologist you're seeing a BC specialist?
My prayers are with you, Shimmer1. Mine was stage 2, by the way, with 2 positive nodes and a positive margin.