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Survival with comorbidities
Shadowfox
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Breast cancer survivor here, age 78 at the mo. Recently in Cure Magazine I read a section on older breast cancer patients having a 50% survival rate. However, with comorbitities (which I have in spades) the rate drops to 3 to 5 %. A bit of a shock. But all the same I'm hanging in.
Anybody else in such a situation? How do you handle the emotional swings?
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