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To: the OlLine Rebel

Great news n the stage 1!!

My mom had stage 3, node involvement, etc. Mastectomy, and tamoxifen for years. Cancer never came back and she lived a natural life span to 90.
That said, you will have to decide. It may be that the differences in treatment plans really offer only marginal differences in terms of probability of recurrence. That’s what you need to try to nail down. Truthfully, with stage one and no nodes, your changes are great. I just do NOT know anything to add based upon the genetic information. Still, so far, so good!

I’ve had colon cancer trice, both times caught early (stage 1) and I’m cruising along. Hang in there, buddy!!

You may need third opinion to break the tie.


20 posted on 07/12/2016 3:39:01 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: The Continental Op

The issue is all about my clot history. That is what muffs it up. Scares me. I don’t totally think I’m really worse off than the average person, getting clots, but the doctors worry and that is where the difference from “normal” non-history cancer patients comes from. But the biggest scares to me regariding treatment are clotting, and major side effects otherwise (feeling like garbage from sudden menopause, etc).

Thank you for the encouragement! I know often BC is pretty beatable, but I do get skittish seeing my sister’s path. Quite different, but still scary! All prayers are appreciated!


22 posted on 07/12/2016 4:09:22 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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