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NaturalBel
13 years agoMember
After the 6 weeks of Radiation
Just a quick message to anyone who is around 47, and just had a tumour removal and about 15 nodes removed for BC. So far, touch wood, my experience with Radiation hasnt been too bad at all. For 5 w...
NaturalBel
13 years agoMember
I asked my doctor to guess my prognosis, and he used a website to predict my %. I hadnt realised that by having chemo and radiation only increases survival by an extra 10%, so now I have an 80% chance on average, of survival between 5 to 10 years. He said after the 10, if you havent had an issue, its highly unlikely after that it returns. I dont really care too much for statistics because there is only one me, and well I kinda think that focusing on thats such a waste of time. No crystal balls hey! I was pleased to hear it doesnt make a difference that Ive got triple negative, its all about finding it in time that counts. For me, on the other side of the family there is ovarian cancer, so I guess that monitoring both ends is important for me. Thank you for your messages, I really appreciate the feelback. I am starting to get really happy about my situation now.... Bel