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Explanation of NED or Dancing with NED

DianeBC
DianeBC CSN Member Posts: 3,881 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
I know that the newbies don't know what NED or Dancing with NED means. NED means no evidence of disease. I don't know if the doctors really say that now, but, it means that your mammo, ultrasound, PET, CT scan or any other test you have comes back clean or clear. They found no cancer! So, NED is very good!


I hope this helps to explain it to anyone that may not know.

We all want to Dance with NED!
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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 CSN Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #2
    am I THE ONLY one
    who the doctors just say all tests came back good? I have never heard:
    cancer free
    remission
    survivor etc..

    just curisous...I am more then happy when they say everything is good...dont' get me wrong..

    Denise
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  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 CSN Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #3
    disneyfan2008 said:

    am I THE ONLY one
    who the doctors just say all tests came back good? I have never heard:
    cancer free
    remission
    survivor etc..

    just curisous...I am more then happy when they say everything is good...dont' get me wrong..

    Denise

    Hi Denise,
    My doctors do
    Hi Denise,
    My doctors do just what yours do. All the tests came back fine.
    They have never used the words that you mentioned.

    Not sure why, maybe just different doctors have different ways of doing things.

    Hugs,
    Wanda
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  • mwallace1325
    mwallace1325 CSN Member Posts: 806
    #4
    Mine did not say
    Mine did not say cancer free or cured either, but I told him I wanted a puppy who's breed had an average life expectancy of 10 years and would this be a good idea. He said yes, go ahead and get the puppy. I cried as I explained my question. He didn't take it back jsut laughed, so I'm takin that as a really good sign.

    marge
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #5
    Never told 'Cancer Free'
    I was never told that I was "Cancer Free" - there is no cure for cancer today!

    I don't 'dance with NED' - I 'ride her/him'. I can't dance but I am a good horsewoman so I ride NED.

    Susan
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  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 CSN Member Posts: 2,729
    #6
    Did you know there is a Ned Land?
    Yeah sure. Read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! I'm reading it and was very amused at the characters name in the story.
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  • DebbyM
    DebbyM CSN Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #7
    mwallace1325 said:

    Mine did not say
    Mine did not say cancer free or cured either, but I told him I wanted a puppy who's breed had an average life expectancy of 10 years and would this be a good idea. He said yes, go ahead and get the puppy. I cried as I explained my question. He didn't take it back jsut laughed, so I'm takin that as a really good sign.

    marge

    I was told that I was in
    I was told that I was in remission. I will take that!


    Hugs, Debby
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  • ladybug22
    ladybug22 CSN Member Posts: 646
    #8
    My onc told me he would
    My onc told me he would never tell me i was cured. He told me ned.
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  • ennie__1
    ennie__1 CSN Member Posts: 32 Member
    #9
    ladybug22 said:

    My onc told me he would
    My onc told me he would never tell me i was cured. He told me ned.

    No Ned for me
    My onc also told me that he would never tell me i was cured as there is no cure for cancer he sees it as a bear that we push into a cave and then keep him there. also no Ned or remission. we have my tumor markers pretty low and that is the best we can hope for, it is so depressing i want remission or ned but it is not going to be.
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