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Posted by charlene
on 7/9/2005, 8:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Stage III"
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I was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer and was told it was the bad cancer. Why? It is usually diagnosed to late. I happened to have a bad back problem last summer and being a nurse I insisted on the doc getting to bottom of my back pain. It eventually ended up with me getting a pet scan and lit up my right breast with the size of a 6 cm tumor. Post all the tests and biopsy it turned out that I had lobular cancer and only about 10 -15 percent of women whow get it and because it is difficult to diagnose due to the fact that it looks like a 6 cm tumor. So we scheduled a bilateral mastectomy since this type could evenually show up in the other breast I elected to remove all breast tissue. I didn't want to go through chemo and radiation x's two. Os thats what we did and the left breast showed atypical cells but no cancer and the right only a 2 cm tumor. YES! I did have 17 lymph nodes removed and only 3 were positive er and Pr + Then the chemo started and aprox 2 week later I began to loose my hair. Not a problem. I had already picked up 6 wigs totaling 800.00 which my ins. paid 400.oo. Not too bad. Only thing was I hated to wear them except to church. felt itchy. I decided caps for at home and then after the chemo I went on to another site and talked to someone about having a positve mood and where I've been so I am about to find out what drug I will be requested to take for 5 years and all of thsoe side effect. I am not looking forward to bone pain and hot flashes andtc. etc. Well the taxol chemo tmt that I had was horrible for me. It turned me into the tinman. My oncologist said it does that for a very small number of patients and unfortunately I was one of them The oncologist are planning to give me arimidex for the next 5 years and it has the dreadful effects I am already going through so it will either get worse for me or maybe I am so used to it I may not recognize it. I hope for the later. I have a wonderful husband and great children 21 in a coulple of weeks and a 17 year old both boys. They have been my rock to make all this worth it. I am scared to go through the rest of my life worring if I will ever get it again or not. We shall see. It was good to respond to you and I am not sure if I even answered your questions so if I didn't please let me know so that I can address
your concerns. I think I may be ready for an antidepressent. I was told the proper one may also help with my bone pain. Sounds good to me.
Your friend, Chalene Sorry fot the typos I am getting sleepy,
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