Scan or not to Scan - Post treatment
I have now completed treatment and I’m on Letrazole. I had IDC grade 3 ER + clear margins, 2x lymph nodes with adenocarcinoma and High grade DCIS - margins involved. I had 3x FEC and 1 out of 3 Doce...
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@youngdogmum So true about choosing how to spend your time if it's very limited. It's a lovely idea to live as if each day, week or month is your last. However the reality for most of us is bills to pay and jobs to do. We might be postponing say, that trip round Australia with the kids until a couple of years down the track.
My sister had one last trip planned, to take her children to a very special place that meant a great deal to all of them. But her BC got significantly worse, significantly faster. The tickets had been booked but she died three months before the holiday. It still upsets me to think about it. I know these things can't be predicted, but if she'd known earlier about the progression of her disease... We'll never know.
Medically speaking, I presume there's no advantage to catching Stage 4 earlier rather than later. Which is the medical reason why we're not scanned.
I'm still surprised by how little we know about BC. Hopefully one day soon we'll get out in front of it. I'd love that to be in my (fingers crossed long!) lifetime.
My sister had one last trip planned, to take her children to a very special place that meant a great deal to all of them. But her BC got significantly worse, significantly faster. The tickets had been booked but she died three months before the holiday. It still upsets me to think about it. I know these things can't be predicted, but if she'd known earlier about the progression of her disease... We'll never know.
Medically speaking, I presume there's no advantage to catching Stage 4 earlier rather than later. Which is the medical reason why we're not scanned.
I'm still surprised by how little we know about BC. Hopefully one day soon we'll get out in front of it. I'd love that to be in my (fingers crossed long!) lifetime.