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It's Letrozole For Me
Saw my oncologist this morning. She is giving me two to three more weeks to heal from the BMX & reconstruction and then it's on to Letrozole for 7 - 10 years. She said it makes no difference which...
Ok. And just one last thing. It probably should have its own thread. I just wanted to show the difference in life expectancy over the centuary.
What we know now is the longer you live the more likely you are to develop some disease and particularly cancers.
If you have a look at life expectancy in early 1900s many women didn't even make it past 50. So yes....everyone has the rare very old grandparents but they were the minority.
So this explains also why more are diagnosed as more remain alive. I hope that makes sense. Kath x
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features10Mar+2011
What we know now is the longer you live the more likely you are to develop some disease and particularly cancers.
If you have a look at life expectancy in early 1900s many women didn't even make it past 50. So yes....everyone has the rare very old grandparents but they were the minority.
So this explains also why more are diagnosed as more remain alive. I hope that makes sense. Kath x
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features10Mar+2011