Recurrence

@"Kiwi Angel" yes me too, I think thats more it than anything unfortunately, genetics.

Hmm @melclarity. Wish it was all down to diet. Would be happy to eat kale for the rest of my life if it meant no more cancer or chemo. Unless u have walked in these shoes u have no idea, unfortunately I think it’s all just the genetic jackpot. 

Absolutely, we all do everything we can to make sure to the best of our ability that it's not coming back...so it's not helpful in fact it's insulting...when Society harps on diet, exercise or anything else to shield us all from recurrence...ummm if that were the case we wouldnt get it in the first place and I mean majority of people. My first diagnosis was DCIS and they classify that as pre cancer so radiation for 6 weeks and surgery and tamoxifen 4yrs. 2nd diagnosis I had chemo but no rads as cannot have it twice. I too was deemed cancer free so chemo was added insurance...hard to not be cynical with your own experience sometimes. One step at a time.

Thinking of you @0608hev how are you? 

@Eastmum - scary isn’t it - all I can think is I have done everything I can to stop it coming back, but then so have many other ladies. It’s something we will all be fearful of for the rest of our lives  :(

@"Kiwi Angel" @Sister @kmakm  - I read this with the same feelings as you! Going through treatment for the first time, and yes, doing it all when I'm essentially cancer free! The thought of doing it again, later down the track is horrendous! But then I guess our resilience kicks in when we need it most and the thought of simply giving up is even more horrendous. One of the most encouraging things for me, is that there's still so much research going on and so many advancements and new, emerging treatments all the time.

@kmakm I’m the same as u - I even had chemo when I was essentially cancer free so I’ll be mega pissed if it comes back but I know there are many people like @melclarity who have done the same as us and the bastard came back!!  It’s a fear we will all live with every day of our lives unfortunately 

Yep i threw everything at it too had aggressive treatment but it came back.  Ropeable didnt come close...wasnt less fear as it was worse and it happened in between my yearly visits. All you can do is what you can. I just live now no point wasting my emergy on what i dont know. X

@Sister @"Kiwi Angel" I'm the same. On the one hand there'd be less fear of the unknown. On the other hand there'd be fear of what's to come as you do know... My breast surgeon says it's very common to worry about a recurrence as your active treatment ends but that it lessens over time. I've thrown the kitchen sink at my BC; if it comes back I'll be ROPEABLE!

@Sister I’m the same as u - initial cancer and I’m also with everything else u said - the thought terrifies me and will forever be in the back in my mind. 

I'll admit that I'm still undergoing treatment for an initial case of bc but the thought of recurrence scares me so much - I honestly don't know how I would cope going through it again.  I'd do it, no doubt, but I'm not sure what sort of mental mess that would result in.  You women who have done it, amaze me.