Been on treatment since 2020 triple positive . Anyway tdm1 or kafcyla for life in a nutshell till it stops working. Now thing is I don’t know where I belong as a forum . I have also inflammatory arthritis since very young .. while other story lol . But as regards life long treatment I’m still unsure as I thought metastatic was bones liver lungs brain however mine progressed to neck nodes on herceptin so descision to keep kadcyla . However I had really bad dose of inflammatory arthritis last dec I was in hospital etc and they sent pain specialist who said we will sort a management for this etc and you not metastatic so hope I won’t see you for years … they sent a for rant of right words a metastatic pain specialist my jaw dropped but since then thought we’ll why am I still on chemo what’s going on. I know I had lung nodules they were not too sure about . I feel I’m a grey area and there’s no forum for that . I’m not terminal but I’ll never walk away . I wish I could have a reply from someone like me. I tried secondary forum but I’m not sure I fit in and I don’t fit in to early stage and no one had said treatable but not curable …. Have had the whole lot of treatment since 2020 and still in active treatment . Sorry long post but every time I go … every three weeks three month scans it’s like they don’t bat an eyelid really nice and just accept I’m long term patient and oncologist said just keep fighting I feel .. fine but how can I find right people to engage with when I don’t know where I fit on. I’m thinking this is going to become more common in the future . It’s a wierd place to be in … any advice welcome … sorry
I am so sorry you are having such a difficult time. Not really knowing what is happening certainly doesn't boost morale. You need to be able chat regularly to others who may not be actually be in your situation but have heaps of experience. Perhaps they are taking the same drugs as you or have the arthritis protocols ? If you post on the Awake thread I think you will find continued support. There will posts there that make you laugh, others with difficulties like yours, some very ordinary ...day to day experiences....but as a group they will I am sure offer you what you now need....a big hug.....and you will fit in.
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