Hi everyone.
My Mum had cancer 4years ago, 3 lumps in her breast, one was HER2 positive. She had a mastectomy, & 4 rounds of chemo. She’s now on tamoxifen.
she has recently found a lump of her remaining breast. She has her biopsy on Friday. Unfortunately I am being very negative and have convinced myself of the worst. I can’t seem to shake it, I just know. I’ve turned to Google & have read a lot about recurrence cancer & it doesn’t seem to be positive at all? It’s actually making me feel sick, from what I am reading it’s not good & they won’t be able to treat her with the same chemo as before? Does that mean that she is automatically terminal? I’m a bit confused & just so fearful.
Also, if she does have cancer again, are her odds still good? I know you can’t tell me, I just mean, is there any reason why she won’t survive?
Hi Elizad
Sorry to read about your mum, totally get your worry that this is the cancer having come back.
If we look at Ihttps://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/after-treatment/being-aware-of-symptoms#:~:text=If%20cancer%20comes%20back%20after,rid%20of%20the%20cancer%20again. we can see that if is often possible to control and even sometimes get rid of the cancer again.
If we consider you for a minute and look at Your feelings when someone has cancer I am sure you will recognize a lot of points on here - it just goes to show how "normal" we can be in the most abnormal of times.
When my wife was first diagnosed I confused palliative care with being terminal, though to be honest with all my wife has gone through I think she is pretty close to indestructible.
<<hugs>>
Steve
