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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / November 2003I may be coming back....
I posted here during 2001 when my mom was receiving treatment for her stage III breast cancer. She's done well and been NED until this point. Unfortunately her last chest x-ray showed 'diffuse densities" in her left lung (same side as BC). She has a CT scan tomorrow. We realize this may be mets, new primary cancer (she smoked for over 30 years) or something else entirely or absolutely nothing at all. Her onc isn't panicking but my mom sure is. She's scared to death.I'm being cautiously optimistic but won't exactly be stunned if this is the BC back. Her original tumor was 6x7cm for goodness sake. Karen > I posted here during 2001 when my mom was receiving treatment for her > stage III breast cancer. She's done well and been NED until this [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Karen I do hope your mom's scan turns out OK, and that she can put her anxieties aside. A 7cm cancer does put her in a high risk category for recurrence, but a more significant indicator is the number of lymph nodes that were found to be involved at the time of her primary surgery. Tim Jackson "Tim Jackson" <tim@tim-jackson.co.uk> wrote in message > I do hope your mom's scan turns out OK, and that she can put her anxieties > aside. > > A 7cm cancer does put her in a high risk category for recurrence, but a more > significant indicator is the number of lymph nodes that were found to be > involved at the time of her primary surgery. Unfortunately, Tim, that is info that we don't have. She had the adjuvant chemotherapy. AC before her surgery. All her nodes (18) came back negative but that was expected after 6 weeks of chemo. It is assumed due to the size of her tumor and one enlarged node upon initial exam by the surgeon that there must have been some involved nodes but we'll never know to what extent the involvement may have been. Karen CT scan is today. We'll hopefully have news by early next week. > CT scan is today. We'll hopefully have news by early next week. Dodged this bullet. My mom's CT scan came back negative with no evidence of metastatic disease. My best to all!! karen That is wonderful news! Thanks for sharing. Barb > > CT scan is today. We'll hopefully have news by early next week. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > karen Karen, so glad to hear that you Mom's CT scan came back with negative results. I bet it was a great relief for you and your Mom? Take care, Shaz x > > CT scan is today. We'll hopefully have news by early next week. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > karen |
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