I had TNBC 8 years ago in my left breast with no node involvement and been clear ever since. My question is about the likelihood of that cancer spreading into my right arm. I am in a lot of pain and it's probably tendonitis,but it's getting worse and am struggling to sleep. Waiting for physio but my brain has gone into overdrive and I know these cancerous cells can be tricky buggars. Anyone had cancer on one side which had spread to bones on the opposite side?
Hi Diddy49 , I haven’t had your experience but wanted to pop in just to say welcome and send a quick hug. Hopefully someone with a more similar case will come in at some point. I wonder also if it’s worth posting in the ‘Ask a nurse’ section? It’s clearly giving you a lot of worry, I think we all go straight to cancer spread/ recurrence with any aches and pains.
Re how much chance of spread at this point…. I’m not medically qualified in any field but this is my thinking from the information I’ve come across since my own diagnosis (on my profile if you want to look, basically hormone positive cancer) - my understanding of triple negative breast cancer is that if you get to the 5 year clear stage then it’s unlikely to come back. But I don’t know hard facts and figures.
My other thought is to contact your GP and ask to be sent for a scan/ x-Ray? But maybe you’ve done that already.
If nothing else my reply will put your post back up to the top and hopefully someone with more information will respond! Love and hugs, HFxx
Thank you. I have been quite relaxed aboit things as I reached the 5 year point but suddenly find myself in a state of panic! Will def use the Ask a Nurse section, thank you
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