Calling all triple negative breast cancer patients in the UK
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Hi, Hanieh
I'm sorry your traveling is limited right now, but things will get better as you move along. i'm glad you like the pictures I posted, I have many more, but it seems they are mostly flowers! The Tulip Gardens of Holland were so gorgeous, it made us happy just to walk through them.
Politically, I do read of the protests going on in your country. I do hope that the people who are just wanting to be free to live their lives as they choose can overcome, it is too bad how a few people can lord it over so many. It seems to be the story of humanity, always a struggle.
Have your eyebrows come back? I did not like losing mine either, worse than losing the hair! Someone suggested to me to have them tattooed now, since they came back thin. The esthetician would make tiny incisions along the brow, and then put in the ink, from what I understand. It sounds rather painful, I'm not too eager to do that.
I hope you are avoiding too much stress, it's hard to do sometimes. Are you working at all, or strictly following the doctor's orders?
Hope you are feeling stronger every day, and I will talk to you again soon, dear Hanieh.
Love, Mary
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Happy Sunday Everyone,
I'm still very jet-lagged from our trip, but I wanted to find some time to catch up a little.
Sylvia, We found the accent tough to understand in Glasgow, but we enjoyed meeting people from there. I was able to see my survivor friend again in Edinburgh, and we had a blast again. I did not really limit myself much, diet-wise, but I tried to make good choices, and came back at about the same weight as when I left. What a miracle that was. The food is delicious in both Ireland and Scotland, and we think that is because so much of it is locally sourced. I will write more about my trip after I process it all, but it was really extraordinary. I easily topped all of my highest activity days at home with all of the walking that we did every day. I traveled with peace of mind, as you said, and I came back feeling great.
Mary, I really enjoyed the picture of you at the Rhine Falls. There is so much joy in your face. I'm so glad that you had a good trip. We did get perfect weather for ours. It rarely rained, and was even warm and sunny on many days. I noticed again how physically and mentally demanding it can be to navigate airports, new cities, and even hotel rooms. All of this travel is hopefully keeping us in shape.
Marias, I understand when you say that you feel released from prison. I have felt that way lately. It was so nice to see you smiling at your surprise party. I hope you have a beautiful time in Europe, from June through August. We have been to Madrid, Seville, and Barcelona, and we really had fun.
Adagio, We took an escorted train trip from Dublin to Limerick, then by coach to the Cliffs of Moher, then to the Burren, (sp?), then on to Galway, and finally, escorted back to Dublin on the train. It was a long and beautiful day. I thought of you and your trip to the Wild West Coast of Ireland. Someday I may want to explore the scenery and hiking there. I hope you are able to take your Croatia trip in the fall.
Hanieh, We certainly did have a joyous vacation. Thank you for your blessings. I agree with your doctor that we all need to reduce stress. I'm doing my best to reduce mine. I hope you are able to reduce your hours and enjoy your recovery.
Love and Light/Sarah, I hope your Mum is feeling better. I got the idea that my joint and bone pain was from Taxol. I don't remember why, now, but that pain has almost passed entirely, over a year after my final chemo treatment. It's possible that this may pass for her. We were lucky to miss the storms on our flight out of the UK. We only saw some light rain as we left Dublin.
Val, It was good to see you pop in here. I hope you have a beautiful Alaskan cruise.
SusieW5, I was glad to hear that you are enjoying your wig, and I identified with what you said about this being an interesting experience. It really can be. Some of it is so surreal and funny, and I hope that you also learn about how kind people can be as well. We were in Ireland on the week and the day of the referendum, and were lucky enough to have the chance to speak to some Irish women about how they felt about it.
Cocooncat in Australia, and Jags56 in New Dehli, a warm welcome to you both. This is a wonderful forum, full of good support from all over the world. We are getting on with things and helping each other along the way.
Love and best wishes for a great day,
Pam
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Hello Nancy,
It was good news to know that your scans are clear.
I do hope that you will get a definite answer on the state of your bones. When you mention a scan on your bones, do you mean a simple DEXA scan to show bone density, or do you mean a bone nuclide scan, which is more complicated and is done to show if there is any spread to the bones. If you are not having the two mentioned scans, are you having a CT scan, an MRI scan, a PET scan or a simple ultrasound scan?
It is true that we never have complete peace of mind with this disease, because we know that we can have another recurrence or spread, but somehow we have to get on with a normal life.
I am glad that you have found a product that is helping you to have less pain. I am sure others on the thread will want to try it.
I was glad to know that you are keeping active and doing things that you enjoy.
Thank you for your kind words to those patients going through treatment.
That is all for today.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Marias,
Thank you for your latest post on June 1st.
I was interested in what you had to say about your lymphatic treatment. I tend to do the manual lymph massage and the exercises I was told to do. My arm is not that swollen. It is just in the middle. The rest is the same as my left arm. I do not see much difference whether I wear the sleeve or not.
Thank you for that potted history of England. I do like history very much and I have read quite a bit about it and follow anything I can find on the radio or television.
The very early history is quite fascinating. I am not a monarchist but the history of all these kings and queens is quite interesting. There have been lots of programmes about the Tudor dynasty and the Stuart dynasty.
One thing is for sure, much of the history in bloody and nasty and that still continues in the 21st century. I wish those in power would concentrate on the people of this country and all the problems we have and stop bombing other countries and poking their nose into other countries' affairs.
That is about all for today. It is very hot and humid here and not very pleasant. I do wish it would rain for a week!
Abrazos.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Pam,
Thank you for your latest post.
I can tell by the way you have written that you had a great time. Scotland and Ireland are beautiful countries and are lucky to have just a small population. I think the Irish are full of joie de vivre and the Scots are either the same, very lively, or the opposite. We talk about dour Scots. I think the former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is a good example of that and the example of a lively one would be Billy Connolly.
I see that I am the first on the thread to respond to your post, so I hope you will hear from the others to whom you posted, Mary, Marias, adagio, Hanieh, Sarah, Val, SusieW5, Cocooncat and Jags56. You should have a lot of posts to come.
Where are you going travelling next time? Wales is also a beautiful country with a small population.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Sylvia, Mary, Nancy, marias , Pam, Sarah and all
This international thread seems to be busy with good interactions between all the members. I try to read all the posts. But I don't know whether it's chemo brain or not, my mind mixes the names and the events. Yet, from what I remember, Marias, Nancy, Mary and adagio have recently taken wonderful trips. I'm really happy to hear about all the pleasures they have had.
Sylvia, I hope your lymphedema gets better every day. I'm worried about that a lot since I can not stop working with my right hand. I do all the house work by myself as I think no one can do it as I do.
Nancy, I'm so happy your scans are clear. Stay NED for ever.
Maria's, I hope you get your full recovery after all the hard treatment and stay healthy for ever.
Mary, I had to do eyebrow tattooing as I lost all my eyebrows and eyelashes. Now they are slowly coming back.
I hope things get better in my country and one day people get rid of all these politicians with all their dirty politics.
Sarah, how are you and your mom doing? I hope everything goes well with you.
By the way, my periods have come back just two months after treatment. I don't know if it's good or bad. I'm tired of searching and having to deal with all the bad prognosis that different sites predict for me. I like to think every thing is gone and my body is functioning well. These days I have to deal with a lot of stressful events. It's not easy to stay calm but I have no other choice. I'm not sure if my body could be deceived to think everything is ok. After all I try to do my best.
Love you all and wish you the best
Hanieh
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Honeytagh; I agree about the travelling. We had a wonderfully relaxing time, and left on our holiday just a short time after hearing my tumour markers were down. However, the first three months of this year were stressful in that eight people who we knew and were close to died (we were able to get to five funerals), and it is always hard on our physical and emotional well being to know that people we have loved have died. Most of them were older but some were young. As well, I was sick as we waited for our plane when we left Mexico and I felt it was food poisoning from submarine sandwiches we ate at the airport. It took me two weeks to get over it, so I do believe that emotional and physical stress have an impact on us, and I am hoping that that is what caused the rise on tumor markers. My scans from ten days ago were clear, and now I just have this bone scan tomorrow. If it is clear, then it is just waiting for the next follow up. Meanwhile, I am using essential oils on my feet (Oregano and Clove) because they supposedly will help with tumor markers and am being very careful with diet, and walking. I was told my CEA15 was abnormally high (it was 30 and I was told 21 is normal) but many people have told me theirs are a lot higher, so I refuse to worry about it until I know what the next results are.
I see that you were diagnosed at age 32. I was diagnosed at 63. In Manitoba, you aren't eligible for a mammogram until you reach age 40. I have three nieces now over 40. They have all asked their doctors to order mammograms for them, and they have all been refused. Cancer does not respect numbers; the day before my surgery last July, my surgeon told me he had performed a double mastectomy on a 29 year old woman the day before. I was 38 when I had my first mammo and I had to fight for it because I had a lump which, fortunately, was nothing to be concerned about. We must be proactive on our own behalf, because many doctors are so busy they don't take time to look closely at our reports.I also believe that our reports are only as good as the person who reads them. I know I am sounding off here, but I do believe that reading and researching on my own behalf has helped me, as do these forums. I just pray that everyone will have good results from their treatment and good days/ months/years ahead.
One step, one day at a time. It is all we can do.
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Hello Hannie, to keep my life a little calm, breathing has done me a lot of good, concentrating on the breath that comes in through my nose and then how it comes out - trying to have my mind alone in following that activity has given me a little of tranquility. Like walking through wooded areas, look at the birds and try to have the mind exactly what my being perceives at that moment.
I know it is very difficult not to think about the future, but we only have the hope, the hope to live this day in the best way, and always to thank for the life and well-being that we have today.
Last week I went to the surgeon oncologist, I sent a magnetic resonance of the breasts, I found a woman who is a classmate of the university, I saw her very badly and I feel that I am afraid of reaching that point of decline due to the disease, but really I do not know if I'm going to get there, none of us knows, we might get sick more, but maybe not, in the meantime, live the moment and breathe, thank and contemplate.
Our countries are countries in continuous crisis, with warmongering tendencies, murders, and demonstrations, but sometimes I think that one way to keep myself healthy is not to think about everything that I can not even manage to control. It is already very hard to have no control over the disease and the impact of treatment on us as to try to understand or manage what our countries suffer- get a strong hug and trust you can work as little as possible and take care of you as much as possible.
A huge hug
Abrazos
Marias
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Hello Pam, what a delight to travel the one you just made in Scotland and Ireland. I am finishing the history of England and the history of Scotland and Ireland has not been lacking, and as from a Scots was the beginning of the industrial revolution with the discovery of the mechanism of the steam engine. I am sorry that both Ireland and Scotland have been dominated and manipulated by the power of England. Despite being countries with so much history, most of its members had to emigrate to Australia and the United States due to political, religious and economic situations. I was very impressed by the history of the closure of the coal mines and how Scotland had to change its economy towards tourism due to the closure of these mines in 1984. as I was impressed by the division of Ireland, when they were initially and remained Catholics for so long after the arrival of St. Patrick, and with the exclusion of that land that could help the wall of Adriano, remained Catholic for a long time. And then when Anglicanism began to gain ground with Henry VIII sent a number of Protestant people there and began a war that just ended between Protestants and Catholics. I was also impressed by the potato famine and how many Irish people were killed by a policy of letting be- and no country did anything to help, thank God many of them could emigrate to the United States. The history is incredible, all these countries have suffered a lot for years, but they still move, change and survive, so we must do.
Thank you for sharing with my Colombian husband the photos of my trip,
Abrazos
Marias
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Hi sylvie, I hope it rained a little and made a better climate.
The lymphatic massage for me has been very helpful not only because I do not have the lymph nodes in my right armpit, but because I also have ganglionic emptying in the area of the throat. Sometimes I feel swollen in my arm, armpit, throat, chest and back.
I have learned to slowly push the lymph from my hand to the shoulder and then to the side to reach the belly. Anyway it is much more effective when the masseur does it when I do it.
I have never worn the glove on my arm.
Today I have finished the history of England, started with the Celts, then the Anglo, the Britons, the Normans, to make up that mixture of all that makes up your country, then the creation of the Magna Carta when the reign of John without land, then the tudors and the strength of Protestantism. then the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants, the reign of Isabel I, then the arrival of the Stuarts. and then as it is changing and forming a larger empire with the industrial revolution, the rise of the textile industry, and the creation of the empire through the dominance of India and Africa.
then the independence wars, the entrance to the first and second world wars, as in the second world war, it will survive with its entire being the expansionism of Hitler, until the United States could come to support this defense.
the exit of india, the formation of a welfare state that gave a respite and peace to your country until the energy crisis of the 70s. then the arrival of the neoliberal current and the power of the multinationals against the decrease in size of the state.
peace with the IRA, the influx of immigrants from all corners of the world where the British Empire was. until our days, what an interesting story.
I trust how you say that each country can look at itself and help its citizens to get ahead and create their own dreams and hopes, before thinking about going to the neighbor to tell them and help them to live.
Abrazos
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Hello Marias, Hanieh and Nancy,
I have just read your posts and want to say I am so glad that you are all responding to one another. I do read all of your posts whether they are talking to me personally or not. I love to keep up to date with everyone and I am so proud of the quality and depth of all of your posts.
I am sure if we were in charge, we could get this dangerous, unfair world sorted out.
I shall reply to the personal posts to me from Hanieh and Marias. You are two wise women. Marias. you have certainly got it right about the history of the UK.
More later.
Love to all three of you.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I could not post earlier as I was busy in a family function.I really enjoyed myself and forgot all about cancer.
Many of us here have travelled and enjoyed themselves.Even I like travelling and enjoy nature.Earlier I used to travel a lot but since diagnosis I prefer staying home.
Marias you have great knowledge of history and you seem to enjoy it. I like to read also not necessarily history but fiction. I also love to watch movies.
Sylvia this is an amazing site and I have gained lot of knowledge about TNBC from here and not from the doctors who do not tell the patients in detail. When I go and talk to the doctor about it now they are surprised by the questions asked by me.
Sid how are you now? Are you on special diet? Do you have follow ups with your doctor? What follow ups?
With best wishes
Jags56
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Hello Hanieh,
It is always nice to hear from you. I am glad to know that you enjoy the thread. It is certainly very educational to hear from patients from different parts of the world. It is all about different cultures but we are all linked by a common disease.
I can say, Hanieh, that my lymphoedema is not bothering me that much and although I have been told it is a chronic disease, I am still hoping it will go away. I use my right arm as normally as possible but do make sure I do not carry anything heavy.
I can understand your feelings about doing the housework. I like to do a lot of it myself, but Raymond and I do share things. He likes to do the ironing and will help in any way he can.
I think it is very good that your periods have come back so soon after treatment. It seems to me this shows your body is recovering quickly. I know that life does bring its stresses but somehow we have to learn to stay calm and deal with these stresses as best we can. You are a very strong young woman and I know that you will always do your very best.
Today in Exmouth the weather has gone very cool and I certainly feel more energised with this kind of weather. Yesterday it was very hot and humid and I did not like it at all.
Keep posting and keep happy.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi, I'm in physiotherapy. I stretch my legs and arms very well. later I go to the lymphatic massage.
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Hello Marias,
We are still waiting for the rain here and the grounds really need it.
I was very interested in what you had to say about the lymphatic massage and how helpful it has been because of problems in two different areas of the body. From what you have said, it looks as though you are doing a good job pushing the lymph around the body. I do this kind of massage by going from the wrist to the mid arm with gentle strokes with my left hand. I then massage gently from the mid arm to the top with the same gentle strokes. I then go from the top of the arm with gentle strokes across the chest to the left side, so that I am pushing the lymph from the side that is not working properly to the side that is working properly. I do a lot of raising the right are straight up, slowly and gently, clenching the hand and then opening it and then doing a lot of stretches with both arms raised. The lymphoedemist told me to exercise both arms at the same time.
I also do the breathing in and out exercises.
I was interested to read that you have finished the video on the history of England.
You can see that the history of England and then of the UK is very eventful. I am very interested in the Tudor dynasty and how we went from Catholicism to Protestantism on the whim of Henry VIII, because he wanted to divorce Ann Boleyn and the Pope was against this. Henry broke from the Pope as head of the church and made himself head of the Church of England. I think we would have had the Reformation anyway, as it was already underway in Germany and Northern Europe. There were lots of problems with the Stuart dynasty because some of the monarchs were Protestant but others Catholic. Religion has been at the heart of wars and bloodshed forever. When Charles I of the Stuarts was executed and Oliver Cromwell took power, that might have been the end of the monarchy but he messed up.
You must feel very proud to have listened to that video, which seems to be the history of this country from the beginning to the present day.
We have some good history programmes on the television here by some of our best known historians – David Starky, Simon Shama, Lucy Worsley, and Mary Beard. They really bring history to life for us.
I do not know what the future of the UK will be. I do not know if we shall leave the EU. I do not know whether Scotland will separate to become independent. It was an independent country for a long time. I think that Northern Ireland should be a part of the Republic of Ireland. There is so much that could change.
Now that you have finished the history of England, have you any plans to watch, listen or read anything else or are you just waiting to go on your travels?
Keep well, keep happy and keep feeding your mind.
Abrazos.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Jags56,
Thank you for your post. I was glad to know that you have been busy with a family function and that you were able to forget about cancer.
I was glad to know that you also enjoy travelling.
What are some of your favourite novels and films?
I was so glad to know that you like the thread and that you have learnt a lot about TNBC. This was the main reason that I started the thread. I asked my consultants all kinds of questions back in 2005/6 and they said this was most unusual and that most patients just wanted to have the treatment. I am glad to know that you now ask your doctors questions. It is my firm belief this is what all patients should do. It is your body and it belongs to you and no one else. You are the one that makes informed decisions. Question everything.
Sending fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Marias,
Thank you for the photographs. They remind me of when I did some physiotherapy way back in 2006. I remember doing some arm strengthening with a large elastic band attached to my main door in the apartment where I live. It was hard work.
That is all for now.
Abrazos.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I thought you might be interested in the 'cover story' in the i paper yesterday, entitled "Thousands of breast cancer patients to be spared chemotherapy trauma" by Sally Wardle in Chicago.
It is all about a trial of more than 10,000 women with the most common form of early breast cancer and how it was found that chemotherapy treatment was unnecessary after surgery. It is stated that the findings will lead to a fundamental change in the way the disease is treated, according to a leading oncologist. It is stated that 3,000 to 5,000 women in the UK are likely to avoid chemotherapy every year as a result.
This is just a little part of the detailed article. I hope you will try to read it but I shall try to post more details later.
There is also a short article entitled "Tailorx trial – Predicting is disease will return".
I shall put more details later.
I need to take a break now.
Mary, you have been very quiet. I hope all is OK.
Best wishes to everyone.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi, Sylvia
I am here, it has been a very busy week. I had planned to leave for a brief, 5-day trip on Friday.to the next state for a family vacation. My brothers and sister, their children and grandchildren and I rented a very large house and it will be a first time for that.
Sunday my cousin died who I have known all my life, that funeral is today. Monday one of my sister-in-laws died suddenly, she also lives close. She has wonderful children and grandchildren and was just the nicest woman, she was 62. The funeral is Saturday, so now I will go to part of the services, and then leave with one of my brothers and will only miss about a day of the trip. I have also had 1 meeting yesterday and had another one called for Thursday. I have felt very scattered and was a half-hour late for a haircut appointment yesterday, just lost track of time.
The thread is going very good, I have tried to catch up on it, and noticed that you missed me.
The article you referenced is also on the first page of this community thread at the top, above "All Topics". I read it yesterday, it refers to estrogen-postive women with no node involvement, I believe. I remember telling you about my daughter-in-law last fall who had this type, she had mastectomy with reconstruction and was finished, no chemo and no pills and no radiation. Shortly before that, the wife of a friend had the same exact type, and I know a few other women who have had this same regimen. That's makes the thought of having BC less scary, I suppose, for some people.
I have not had time to look up the other article you referenced.
I must close for now, I will talk to you later, love
Mary
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Hi, Pam
I am glad you had such a good trip. I do love to see new places, it makes me happy and energetic, and not thinking much about BC. We had lovely weather for the most part too, although Switzerland was mostly cloudy and/or rainy. You are right about navigating the airports, streets and hotel rooms. We found that Switzerland seemed to have their very own electricity adapter that didn't match any of ours, which seemed odd. And I never learned to use the little espresso machines that are in the hotel rooms, I would try to get a pot of plain black coffee to the room early in the morning in Switzerland and would end up with all kinds of things.
It was also enlightening to learn that in Amsterdam the bicycles rule, and you can easily be run over by them if not careful; in Germany if you are standing on a street corner the traffic will stop and let you cross unless it is a very large street with signals. In Switzerland honking the horn is frowned upon, and you will be pegged as rude.
Anyway, I would love to do the trip to Ireland and Scotland too one of these days, and throw in Wales as well. Then I think we could go to the southeast a bit and be in Exmouth to see Sylvia and Raymond, and then go a little farther and be in Dartmouth and see the English moors. My directions may be off, but doesn't it sound fun?
I shall talk to you again soon, love
Mary
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Hi, Marias
You are certainly sounding as if you are feeling well, and I am very happy for you. I'm glad you are managing with the lymphedema, I hope it is not too serious. Enjoy your trip, it sounds like a wonderful relaxing experience. I have heard of Diane Uribe, here I have heard her on the NPR station, public radio. It sounds like a very interesting program you listened to, I am also interested in the English history, and how, over the centuries, it all came to be what it is now.
Talk to you soon, love
Mary
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Hello everyone. Hope you are having a good day. Just wanted to share with you that I had my bone scan yesterday and the results are already in, and it is CLEAR! I feel like celebrating!
Six month follow up on June 18, but now I don't have to face it expecting bad news.Will be back later to catch up.
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Hello 53nancy,
Good to hear about the clear bone scan. Wishing you all the best for the follow up on 18th. Enjoy and celebrate with your loved ones.
Best wishes
Jags56
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Hi, Nancy
Hurray for your clear bone scan, that's a relief. Have fun celebrating!
Love, Mary
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Hello Mary,
It was so nice to hear from you and I can tell from what you have written that you have been having a very busy time.
I was so sorry to read that your cousin had died and that the funeral was today. You will miss that cousin. How awful that one of your sisters-in-law has also died and sudden death is always a great shock for those left behind. You have certainly been going through it this week. I shall be thinking of you on Saturday, when you will be at your sister-in-law's funeral.
It will be good for you to leave after that to join in the family get together.
You will certainly need that family break after all that has been happening to you this past week.
It is certainly true that the thread has been very busy lately and we have a great group here.
Thank you for telling me that the article I mentioned yesterday is on the first page of this community thread at the top above all topics. I had only just started to go through the article yesterday and then put it on the thread.
It is true that this less traumatic treatment is for early stage breast cancers that are hormonal positive in their receptors and have not spread to lymph nodes and are also not HER2+. I know that it is not good to be HER2+ and that this type is very aggressive and needs to be treated with Herceptin.
The article that I read in the paper was really referring to this treatment in the UK and that the change would start at once.
To tell you the truth, I thought it had already started here. I know three women, two of whom had hormonal breast cancer a few years ago now, and had just lumpectomies and radiotherapy. It made their treatment very short. Another friend had hormonal breast cancer a couple of years ago and had a mastectomy and radiotherapy. She chose to have a mastectomy.
The way this particular article is written makes you think they will have surgery and then hormonal medication. That would be new. I need to read the article in this forum to see if this is what is meant. I still think that what would be difficult would be the many years that women with hormonal breast cancer have to take a combination of tamoxifen and drugs like Arimidex, aromatase inhibitors. They have all kinds of side effects.
Since I have read that surgery can cause cancer to spread, and that there can be stem cells hiding around, I would have concern.
Of course, there is no mention of breast cancer with triple negative receptors and there is so much negative information put everywhere about this, I bet the powers that be would be pushing the chemotherapy for these breast cancers. Watch this space!
There is mention in this article in the newspaper here which says there is a genetic test widely employed by the NHS and that women who get a low score on the test are told that they do not need chemotherapy while those with a high score are told they do. I can say that when I had my treatment no one mentioned a genetic test or a score. I was told I had a large tumour and that I would have six months of chemotherapy before surgery to shrink the tumour and make the surgery easier. Apparently, with this test, the majority of women record results between the two extremes and it is unclear what treatment they should receive. Study results show that these women have the same survival rates regardless of whether they received chemotherapy.
The study results showed nine-year survival rates were 93.9% without chemotherapy and 93.8% with chemotherapy.
Really I do not know what to make of all this. I do wonder whether the NHS which is in dire straits, is trying to save money as all these chemotherapy drugs cost a bomb.
I know that chemotherapy drugs are toxic and that patients die from them rather than the disease. I still think that prevention is the only way to go. I still believe that you are what you eat.
I shall comment on that other short article TAILORx trial – predicting if the disease will return, when I have more time.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Nancy,
I am just popping in to say that I was glad to read that you had your bone scan results yesterday and that all is clear. I am assuming that was a bone nuclide scan. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I do hope you will celebrate this good news in any way that will make you happy.
Try to relax as you wait for your six month follow up on June 18th and be sure to let us know how you get on.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello happy Nancy. I enjoy a Lot Your good news
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