Hope all goes well with the future treatment @Anne94. I do think you're right. The pink theme has brought in awareness and money but it is soft and fluffy and there seems to be little place in the spotlight for Stage 4, regardless of how you get there. That is your reality and for those of us treated at earlier stages, our fear. I don't feel that my visits are a waste of time as I am examined carefully and my concerns and questions are listened to however I do wonder how it is really going to change things. My sister was treated for very early breast cancer at 32 and died from it at 46 - once it recurred it, it moved fast. I take comfort that much has changed since her recurrence in the 90s but whether it has changed enough - who knows? My medicos have told me that at this stage the cancer is gone and quite possibly they are right but they know that I don't really believe it as I have seen it disproven before. In the end, we do what we can do and live the best we can with what we know.
