for those who did NOT have chemo---do you find yourself saying--

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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #22
    Patti1967 said:

    Well they way I have looked

    Well they way I have looked at it is, some women have/had it easier then me, some women have and are having it way worse then me but we are all on the same team.  We all have breast cancer, we all want to beat breast cancer and we all know how it feels, no matter what stage, to be told you have breast cancer.

    I had chemo, just finished three months ago....a very good friend of mine didn't have to have chemo...we are no different.

    What a great group you have here:)

    Patti

    Patti: I so agree...all the

    Patti: I so agree...all the same team..MY very close friend (since they day i was born) has had lung and then Breast cancer-well over a year of chemo-radiation, many many surgeries....but she had helped me through mine (never thought twice about mine being so much less treatment! Sadly her mom died after BC 3 x over about 20 yrs...she was like a mom to me...

     

    Denise

  • ColoMom
    ColoMom Member Posts: 1
    #23
    Different Ballgame said:

    BOTTOM LINE - CANCER IS CANCER

    Everyone,

    Cancer is cancer.  Some of us are more fortunate that others as far as stage of cancer, treatment of cancer, and side effects from the treatment of cancer.

    I also felt like I did not have cancer because (1) I had 0 Stage DCIS (2) Had contratateral mastectomies so I wouild not have radiation nor need to take Arimidex, etc.

    While I was in breast reconstruction, I told the nurse that I am not like the other women who are having chemo nor radiation.  I am not going through what they are going through.  Then a nurse told me in a gentle, soft, kind voice, "Yes, but you lost 2 breasts and they did not."   Then I thought about what she said.  I did lose 2 breasts because the cancer. 

    By the way, that 0 Stage DCIS returned 2-1/2 years later as invasive cancer on my mastectomy scar.  SO...don't let anyone tell you that 0 Stage DCIS is not really cancer.

    So, don't think of youself in any less light.  The bottom line...cancer is cancer and we are all survivors!!

    Lots of Love,

    Janelle

     

     

    Stage 0 DCIS

    Hi there - I read your post.  My cancer was the same Stage ) DCIS...I opted for a bi-lateral mastectomy.  I was DONE with all of the lumps and the panic it brout on each month.  I did not have reconsrtuctive surgery.  I have to admit that I felt panic when I read your post about the cancer coming back on your scar line. Did you feel or find a lump? How was it detected if you do not mind sharing with me.  Thank you.

  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #24
    sdukowitz said:

    we all have had some type of cancer and treatment!

    I am in the same position as many . . . no chemo, but did do radiation and now on tamoxifin..  I have gotten

    a lot of support from those on this drug . . . it is no picnic to be on these, but your support about people's experiences has helped me.

    I still consider mysefl a cancer survivor, and I know it is always in the back of our minds that it could recur . . .so kudos to people

    on this board for their help and support!  The worst part for me was missing work during radiation to take a daily flight to the

    radiation center.   In severe snowstorms and wind . . .but I did it!  Now they are finishing a radiation center in our city in Alaskao , so

    glad that others won't have to drive or fly to Anchorage now . . . it is supposed to open this summer.

    So  each of our experiences are  different and unique, no mattr what the treatment plan or diagnosis, and one of

    the posters in my classroom once said, "None of us is as smart as all of us!"  So glad to have this board, even

    though I don't post very often, I check in on you from time to time and always find some new tip or resource. -- Sue D. 

    Thanks for all the thoughts,

    Thanks for all the thoughts, comments!

     

    Denise

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