IF IT Came back?

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tasha_111
tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
How many would go through it all again?

Just asking........

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  • Jadie
    Jadie Member Posts: 723
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    If it came back
    Only if prognosis was good.

    Jadie<3
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
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    Jadie said:

    If it came back
    Only if prognosis was good.

    Jadie<3</p>

    Yes
    Me too.......... Thanks Jadie
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
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    my aunt
    has already gone through it twice, the first being a lumpectomy, and the 2nd being a mastectomy. She said if it happened again, she would think about it a long time before doing the chemo again. I still say, YES! ABSOLUTELY!
    Cat
  • jgridley
    jgridley Member Posts: 169
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    if it happened again
    If it happened again, I would do it all over. But the only thing different would be
    I would take the time off instead of working. Rads kicked my butt...
    Didnt have chemo, so cant voice an opinion on that.

    But the great thing would be, that I have all my sisters here with me.

    Julie
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Hmmmmmmmmm.......
    I think so. But my stomach knots just thinking about the possibility.

    CR
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
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    CR1954 said:

    Hmmmmmmmmm.......
    I think so. But my stomach knots just thinking about the possibility.

    CR

    Since I'm just beginning the
    Since I'm just beginning the first journey....having to do it again....can't even imagine...
  • taleena
    taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member
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    dyaneb123 said:

    Since I'm just beginning the
    Since I'm just beginning the first journey....having to do it again....can't even imagine...

    Depends
    Depends.. Do I get you guys to face it with me??
  • tjhay
    tjhay Member Posts: 655
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    hmmmmmm
    yep yep yep yep yep, is that enough yeps? No? Let me say it louder. YES I WOULD! I like the green side better then the brown.
  • rjjj
    rjjj Member Posts: 1,822 Member
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    In a New York Minute!
    But i would not be overjoyed to say the least.
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
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    In a heartbeat...
    YES. Most definitely, without even the tiniest question, without a nanosecond of hesitation. As horrid as it would be, at least I'd know - REALLY know - what I'd be facing. Without all of the "fear of the unknown" - it'd actually be much easier. At least for me.

    I'd say: BRRRING IT ON! (Of course, I'll continue to hope I won't have to...)

    I will never, EVER be cancer victim.

    I will always, FOREVER be a cancer survivor. 'Til my last breath.

    Every moment of life itself - the good, and the bad - is so very worth it all.

    I just wish our dear RE was here. Would love to read HER post on this thread - our noble THREE time survivor. We one-timers are mere Warrior Princesses. Our dear RE is our Warrior QUEEN.

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
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    Christmas Girl said:

    In a heartbeat...
    YES. Most definitely, without even the tiniest question, without a nanosecond of hesitation. As horrid as it would be, at least I'd know - REALLY know - what I'd be facing. Without all of the "fear of the unknown" - it'd actually be much easier. At least for me.

    I'd say: BRRRING IT ON! (Of course, I'll continue to hope I won't have to...)

    I will never, EVER be cancer victim.

    I will always, FOREVER be a cancer survivor. 'Til my last breath.

    Every moment of life itself - the good, and the bad - is so very worth it all.

    I just wish our dear RE was here. Would love to read HER post on this thread - our noble THREE time survivor. We one-timers are mere Warrior Princesses. Our dear RE is our Warrior QUEEN.

    Kind regards, Susan

    Wow Susan, second time, I am
    Wow Susan, second time, I am at the starting line of the first time. Not having been there yet, I would say yes. I want more from this life. I want to watch my grandkids grow up. I am scared now and I would guess I would be scared again,but yes I want to live.
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
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    tjhay said:

    hmmmmmm
    yep yep yep yep yep, is that enough yeps? No? Let me say it louder. YES I WOULD! I like the green side better then the brown.

    Haha! I like that!
    I like the green side better than the brown. I like that! And I guess it just about sums it up! I like the green side better also!!

    CR
  • dmc_emmy
    dmc_emmy Member Posts: 549
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    That's a tough one
    After my ordeal (if that's even a good word for it) with chemo, I decided three years ago that I would never do it again. I still had to work, since I am the main provider for my family. Work would have been out of the question if my daughter hadn't started to drive that year and take me to and from work (about a 70 mile round trip commute)everyday. The side effects from the chemo were extreme and they sent me to the hospital on several ocassions (once with a blood clot due to a med reaction). I cannot count the times I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die. But, I kept going...my daughter needed me.

    Last time, I did it for my daughter. She needed me around to see through hs and into college. Don't get me wrong, I love my hubby, too, but he is very independent (despite being deafblind) and I know he could go on without me.

    Now that I have all of you to through it with me, I might reconsider, but I would have to think about it a very long time. If I could have a crystal ball to show me my future after cancer, the decision would be a whole lot easier.

    dmc
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
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    The doctor said if it came
    The doctor said if it came back there wouldn't be anything they could do for me. I wonder about this as I see so many who had recurrance and still getting help.
  • mmontero38
    mmontero38 Member Posts: 1,510
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    Like Jackie said In a NEW
    Like Jackie said In a NEW YORK MINUTE! I definitely would. I want to grow up to see my grandkids. Hugs, Lili
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Marcia527 said:

    The doctor said if it came
    The doctor said if it came back there wouldn't be anything they could do for me. I wonder about this as I see so many who had recurrance and still getting help.

    Geez Marcia......
    I can't imagine that a doctor would say that to anyone! I mean, how does one keep hope if they are told something like that? And what about advances that are being made every day in cancer treatments?

    CR
  • mmontero38
    mmontero38 Member Posts: 1,510
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    Marcia527 said:

    The doctor said if it came
    The doctor said if it came back there wouldn't be anything they could do for me. I wonder about this as I see so many who had recurrance and still getting help.

    You really believe that
    You really believe that Marcia? With all the advances today, how can he even tell you that? I would give it every fighting chance because it also takes faith to beat this beast, and we all need to have that. Hugs, Lili
  • rjjj
    rjjj Member Posts: 1,822 Member
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    Marcia527 said:

    The doctor said if it came
    The doctor said if it came back there wouldn't be anything they could do for me. I wonder about this as I see so many who had recurrance and still getting help.

    Marcia
    That makes me mad at your DR. of course there would be something they could Do!!!!!
  • karen0423
    karen0423 Member Posts: 67
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    YES!
    I am 7 years out from my dx and if it ever came back I would do it all over again, I did 12 weeks Herceptin/Navelbine, Mastectomy, 4 AC, 3 Taxol, 34 Rads, 40 weeks Herceptin and have been on Tamoxifen and Aromasin since (switched to Aromasin 2 years ago and will be on it indefinitely)...I would fight just as hard the "2nd" time around! Won't let this beat me.
  • Jeanne D
    Jeanne D Member Posts: 1,867
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    karen0423 said:

    YES!
    I am 7 years out from my dx and if it ever came back I would do it all over again, I did 12 weeks Herceptin/Navelbine, Mastectomy, 4 AC, 3 Taxol, 34 Rads, 40 weeks Herceptin and have been on Tamoxifen and Aromasin since (switched to Aromasin 2 years ago and will be on it indefinitely)...I would fight just as hard the "2nd" time around! Won't let this beat me.

    Been thru it 2 times already so..
    Ofcourse, I would fight it again if I had to. I just pray that I never

    have to again. This second time was easier only in the fact that I "kind of" knew what was

    going on and what was going to happen. But, harder obviously, because it had been 23 years

    plus since my first diagnosis with bc. I thought I was cured! And, my Mother passed away in

    February of this year too, so, I got a double whammy. :( So, this has been quite a

    shock to me, my husband, my family and my friends. But, I will fight bc and continue to

    fight it. I have too much to live for and I love my life!

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