Recently diagnosed secondary

Hi Wendy So sorry to hear about your secondary diagnosis. They discovered my bone mets soon after my first stage two breast cancer. The obtaining of the tissue during the biopsy was very scary (I was awake) but it didn't take long. I have to say, I had exactly your thoughts, will it increase in size, will it spread? And indeed how long I would have. As it happens, it has stayed the same size and not spread after almost 5 years. Yes, I get pain in it sometimes, mostly in bed at night. However it's not really bad, and the arimidex aromatose inhibitors - stop the cancer reliant hormones) are keeping it at bay. Radiation was tried, but didnt change it. That was dispiriting, but the big positive thing is that it hasn't changed or increased at all. I go with that. You can have it for a long time without it changing at all. The only downside is needing to take the hormone therapy all the time, and the sometimes annoying side effects - for me, they haven't stopped, but again, if that's all I need to cope with, I think I'm going good. This forum is great for chatting, sharing thoughts and experiences, and fears. Keep posting...would like to tead more of your story. Take care kind wishes Kathleen xx :)