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Scared of recurrence!!
HI there Ladies,
In March I had a lumpectomy and sentinal node biopsy for my grade 3 TNBC. Then 3 Rounds of FEC and 3 Docetaxol followed by 30 sessions of rads and BRCA testing.
The testin...
Thanks Christie,
It's so great to hear about people that are years past treatment. I've found info on the UK web site that says they're now calling the first three years our highest risk period rather than the first five so you're nearly there!!
I'm 51 and I've already had a few close friends die of non-cancer related things, so I find the whole 'living under a cloud' concept much easier to deal with. Cancer is no more of a cloud to me than stroke or heart attack or any one of a number of other illnesses. I suppose it helps that I spend 20 years as a police officer and saw a lot of random, accidental and surprising death. I know I really could get hit by a bus! I dont' mean any of this to sound miserable, quite the opposite. At my age there are a lot of health risks to deal with and I don't like to give cancer more importance than it deserves.