hi all
I had DCIS ductile carcinoma in situ, when I was 49, 16 years ago. I had mastectomy and reconstruction. 3 years later cancer had spread under one arm, in 2008 I had chemo, surgery to remove all nodes then radiotherapy. Yearly check up showed nothing new until last year. In January 2020 I had a huge polyp removed from my uterus. Over the last 5 years I have had a ct scan before oncology appointment.
This mon5 scan showed the slow but definite spread of cancer. For 12 years I’ve been on Tamoxifen and clearly will have to change drugs. At My initial appt
last week I was given 3 medications to ponder on before seeing him again soon.
Pablociclib
Letrozole
Zoledronic acid.
I have no symptoms of pain so have some time to think on this.
I am on 3 meds for bp and statin for cholesterol which in my mind is a concern.
I would like to hear any thoughts and some help with all of this. I’m not in shock as I knew the day was coming but am tired of thinking about this.
Hi Jayhay and a very warm welcome to the online community
I'm sorry to read that you've recently discovered that your breast cancer has spread. Although you've known that this day was coming it must still be an emotional time for you and I can understand why you'd feel tired having to think about your choices.
As the community is divided up into groups I'm going to recommend that you join the secondary breast cancer group where you can ask questions, share experiences and get support.
To join just click on the link I've created and then choose 'click to join' or 'join' (depending on the device you're using) on the page that opens. You can then introduce yourself and post questions in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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