Reply to Julia Louis-Dreyfus has breast cancer.

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

Reply to "Julia Louis-Dreyfus has breast cancer. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've known so many people who have dealt with breast cancer.  A diagnosis always sucks, but it has become much more survivable.[/quote]

For a while...until it comes back with a vengeance. [/quote]

[b]Not always, and not too soon.  My aunt had a mastectomy about 23 years ago.  It may come back, god forbid, but 23 years ain't bad.[/quote][/b]

Your Aunt was lucky.  In my family my Aunt and Cousin died of it on third reappearance.  Mother had it return three times too.[/quote]

My mom had it come back as stage IV within 4 years. [/quote]

And those cases suck.  Terrible luck.  But that doesn't mean it is always a death sentence.  It doesn't always come back.

My mil had a couple bouts, then had a mastectomy.  Not expected to return now.  No guarantee of course, but her prognosis is good.

My FIL unfortunately recently died of stage 4 cancer that seems to have been a fluke.  It always sucks to lose someone to cancer.  I am very sorry for your losses.  I am not trying to minimize that at all.

[/quote]

"Not expected to return?" What does that mean?

My mother's cancer diagnosis wasn't bad at all. Mastectomy, radiation, and tamoxifen. Didn't need chemo because it "wasn't that bad and chemo wouldn't provide additional benefits." Clean bill of health until she was diagnosed stage IV when she had back pain. She had cancer all over her body. Came back quickly, and with a vengeance.

No family history.

I've had broad spectrum testing, and it showed nothing. Doesn't really matter since my mother didn't have a genetic predisposition to breast cancer either yet it will be what ultimately kills her.

[/quote]

again, I am sorry that your mother experienced this.  It sucks.  Cancer isn't predictable, unfortunately.  The doctors don't always know what is going to happen.  The more info they have, including your mother's unfortunate case, the better they might be able to do down the road with future patients.

Here are some stats: "The average 10-year survival rate is 83%. If the cancer is located only in the breast, the 5-year relative survival rate of people with breast cancer is 99%. Sixty-one percent (61%) of cases are diagnosed at this stage. If the cancer has spread to the regional lymph nodes, the 5-year survival rate is 85%."  http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/breast-cancer/statistics

Again, please understand that no one thinks "oh, it's no big deal and everyone survives it and it never returns ever"  But modern science is getting better at detection and treatment.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics