Early stage breast cancer #4 (recurrence #3)
Hi everyone,
reaching out to find anyone in a similar boat which I call
the SS "Lucky/Unlucky".
I have been dealing with early stage BC for 18 years now
since an initial DCIS dx in 2001 (1mm in ...
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@melclarity I'll certainly post re. the Oncotype test result, and I agree that there is something going on here that is yet to be fully understood...as with pretty much all cancers. I plan to also do genetic testing once all of the treatment settles down - so tired of schlepping to and from hospital and Drs appointments with my bag of scans! There is a bit of a history in our family over the last 2 generations of early stage breast cancer which has been treated fairly aggressively (as was done over the last 30 years) and which didn't re-occur. Or re-occured 15 years later...and then 10 years after that.
It's part of why I want to do the Oncotype test (even though I understand it is a different type of test and outcome to standard genetic testing). I figure there is a puzzle here to be solved. And it seems sometimes even early stage DCIS tumours have a blueprint encoded that despite best efforts still see recurrences. I have been running 10-20kms a week last 3 years and eat really well. Hope to be part of working it all out one day! :smiley:
It's part of why I want to do the Oncotype test (even though I understand it is a different type of test and outcome to standard genetic testing). I figure there is a puzzle here to be solved. And it seems sometimes even early stage DCIS tumours have a blueprint encoded that despite best efforts still see recurrences. I have been running 10-20kms a week last 3 years and eat really well. Hope to be part of working it all out one day! :smiley: