Hi Mary Beth,
I have recurrent breast cancer after 7 years; it's on the other side
though. I don't know if our situations are the same; maybe nobody's are,
but I'd be happy to talk to you privately or on Mol. I'm taking Arimidex,
get IV Aredia 1x/month, and a shot of Zoladex in the stomach 1x/month.
I wish you good healing, and would only add that I have found this forum to
be unique since joining about six months ago both for the niceness of the
people and the relevance and usefullness of the information.
Regards,
Martha Cerreto
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> From: Christine White <christine.white@sympatico.ca>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Recurrent breast cancer
> Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 11:31 PM
>
> Welcome to our forum. I had a lumpectomy and radiation 2 years ago. No
> chemo was required.
> I can only imagine how difficult this must be to face again after 10
years.
> The good news is that it is localized. What other options is your doctor
> giving you, besides chemo, and why is he/she leaning towards such an
> aggressive approach? I would try to do some more research, ask more
> questions and go with your heart. If everything in you says to go with a
> less aggressive treatment, perhaps that is the right path for you. You
have
> to have faith in your doctor and your treatment but also in yourself. I
> wish you all the best.
> Christine
>
> At 11:50 PM 27/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi all:
> >This is my first visit to this site, and I hope you can give me some
help and
> >advice. I just found out that I have a recurrence of breast cancer. It
> is in
> >my chest wall behind the scar from my mastectomy. I've had 10 great
years
> >since my first operation. So it's kind of tough to think of dealing
with it
> >all. On the other hand, my kids are pretty well grown and I'm remarried
and
> >otherwise healthy. It seems to be basically local--i.e., there are no
other
> >signs of (tons of MRI's Ct scans) except a possible spot on my back
which
> >could be simply degeneration.
> >Anyhow, everything in me says to go with less agressive
treatment--radiation
> >and maybe hormonal therapy. I was Estrogen Recep. during the first bout
with
> >cancer. I took tamoxifen for 5 years.
> >I've only been to one oncologist. She says I'm a great candidate for
the
> most
> >aggressive treatment--chemo with Taxol and adriamycin, stem cell
transplant,
> >etc. I'm reluctant to go through chemo if this can be treated as a
local
> >problem.
> >I'd be interested in hearing your comments. Thanks so much. I need
> people to
> >dialogue with--health professionals as well as cancer survivors, family
> >members, etc. I'll look forward to hearing from you.
> >Mary Beth Ziegenfuss
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