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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No drug is a magic potion.

Grow up.

It takes decades to get cancer, so your friends would not be showing signs yet, of course.
 And, I hate to tell you but you and they will grow old. It is inevitable (unless you die).

So be clear eyed about things. [/quote]

I first got breast cancer diagnosed at 35. No family history.   No signs of cancer every year after treatment, there had been no lymph node involvement.   It’s 20 years now since diagnosis and treatment and now a tumor was found in my lung and it’s from my breast cancer I had 20 years ago based on the DNA.  So women sometimes do have cancer cells not detected or seen in any testing but might start rapidly reproducing with new estrogen coming into the body.

Now I have to take drugs to stop estrogen in the hopes that the tumor will be starved.

So yeah, I look like a twisted old hag like someone said.   Burnt looking hair, no eyebrows, dry skin, painful joints.

It totally sucks that estrogen feeds cancer but helps protect your heart.  Having to make that choice sucks too. [/quote]

Were you not in natural menopause at 55? Did you take tamoxifen 20 years ago after your initial diagnosis (it sounds like you did not need chemo due to lymph nodes being clear).

There are new medications every year. Wishing you all the best![/quote]

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