triple negative 2008 and again in 2014
I would love to connect with someone who has had triple negative more than once.
Great to hear long term survivor stories - read something on a US website of someone who has survived 6 bouts of tri...
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I gave up surfing the net and googling a long time ago as it just did my head in. I had lumpectomy, chemo rads the first time. I had one positive lymph node out of the 7 they took. My margin was not that great. I think I had everyone scratching their heads when I had the recurrence just 18 mth later. This time I had a mastectomy and the dreaded chemo again as both my tumours were close to 3cm and both not long after clear mammograms. Apparently very aggressive. I was 47 and 49 at the time. Now the one thing I do know about triple negative is that the further away from the diagnosis you get, the odds of survival increase. I think at 5 years it is a better survival rate than other types of breast cancer.
I am about to have 5 year bone and cat scans in the next few weeks and so holding my breath that they will be good. I know just how you feel coming up to your check-up!!! All the best and lets hope we both get good results.
When I had my reconstruction I also had my other breast removed, with my surgeons blessing as my breasts were very dense and did not image well.
I think there are others on the site who have had two triple neg diagnosis. It's great to meet you and we can be the positive stories for others to read that you can survive a 2nd diagnosis.
Love Paula xxxxx