Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry for anyone who dies that young, but "Prozac Nation" was a shitty book, as were her other writing. She sucked as a person and sucked as a writer.

I agree with you. Also her narcasastic vomit, "bitch"

Anonymous wrote:I loved her book. So sad. I had no idea she became a lawyer in a big law firm. What kind of law did she practice?

She wasn’t a lawyer. She just pretended to be one.

Anonymous wrote:I loved her book. So sad. I had no idea she became a lawyer in a big law firm. What kind of law did she practice?

She didn’t really. It was more of a vanity hire.

It comes back and it comes back in new places in new forms. Even if you get the clear.

My mom had it, had a 6 year "all clear" got it again. Got it a 3rd time 2 years later.

Was cancer free, clinically for the next 17 years and now has it in other places.

There was never any doubt in our minds it would return, one way or another.

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Anonymous wrote:The story of her wedding in 2015 sounds really lovely. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/style/elizabeth-wurtzel-finds-someone-to-love-her.html

Though I find it disturbing her initial diagnosis was only stage 2 breast cancer. That's a fairly early stage for diagnosis, to have it turn out to be terminal in the end.

30% of early stage breast cancer becomes stage four (terminal). People forget that admist all the pink washing.

This.

My mother was diagnosed and treated for Stage 2. Two years later it came back as Stage 4; died three years later. So, 5 years from original Stage 2 diagnosis.

Breast cancer sucks. And when it comes back (as it usually does), it comes back with a vengeance.

I don’t know that “as it usually does” is really an accurate statement.

I’m 6 years out from a bilateral Stage 1 diagnosis but I think recurrence rates vary a lot based on type and initial staging.

Recurrence rates for stage 1 are quite low in the short-term/first 5 years. Sadly, the rates are more like 50/50 for stage 2 (and it’s downhill from there).

Best of luck to you! Stay on top of your follow up screenings.

I loved her book. So sad. I had no idea she became a lawyer in a big law firm. What kind of law did she practice?

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Anonymous wrote:The story of her wedding in 2015 sounds really lovely. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/style/elizabeth-wurtzel-finds-someone-to-love-her.html

Though I find it disturbing her initial diagnosis was only stage 2 breast cancer. That's a fairly early stage for diagnosis, to have it turn out to be terminal in the end.

30% of early stage breast cancer becomes stage four (terminal). People forget that admist all the pink washing.

This.

My mother was diagnosed and treated for Stage 2. Two years later it came back as Stage 4; died three years later. So, 5 years from original Stage 2 diagnosis.

Breast cancer sucks. And when it comes back (as it usually does), it comes back with a vengeance.

I don’t know that “as it usually does” is really an accurate statement.

I’m 6 years out from a bilateral Stage 1 diagnosis but I think recurrence rates vary a lot based on type and initial staging.

Anonymous wrote:Ah, this is so scary. I’m in for lumpectomy surgery tomorrow. No stage diagnosed yet, but I’ve got a genetic mutation, too. Poor Wurtzel.

Good luck, pp!

FWIW, I know two women who had lumpectomies that turned out to be nothing.

Ah, this is so scary. I’m in for lumpectomy surgery tomorrow. No stage diagnosed yet, but I’ve got a genetic mutation, too. Poor Wurtzel.

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Anonymous wrote:The story of her wedding in 2015 sounds really lovely. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/style/elizabeth-wurtzel-finds-someone-to-love-her.html

Though I find it disturbing her initial diagnosis was only stage 2 breast cancer. That's a fairly early stage for diagnosis, to have it turn out to be terminal in the end.

30% of early stage breast cancer becomes stage four (terminal). People forget that admist all the pink washing.

This.

My mother was diagnosed and treated for Stage 2. Two years later it came back as Stage 4; died three years later. So, 5 years from original Stage 2 diagnosis.

Breast cancer sucks. And when it comes back (as it usually does), it comes back with a vengeance.

Anonymous wrote:The story of her wedding in 2015 sounds really lovely. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/style/elizabeth-wurtzel-finds-someone-to-love-her.html

Though I find it disturbing her initial diagnosis was only stage 2 breast cancer. That's a fairly early stage for diagnosis, to have it turn out to be terminal in the end.

30% of early stage breast cancer becomes stage four (terminal). People forget that admist all the pink washing.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry for anyone who dies that young, but "Prozac Nation" was a shitty book, as were her other writing. She sucked as a person and sucked as a writer.

Ugh you’re so cheap

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry for anyone who dies that young, but "Prozac Nation" was a shitty book, as were her other writing. She sucked as a person and sucked as a writer.

Well you certainly weren’t asked to write her Obituary but really...

I'm sorry for anyone who dies that young, but "Prozac Nation" was a shitty book, as were her other writing. She sucked as a person and sucked as a writer.

She wrote a brilliant article in The Guardian about not feeling sorry for her for having cancer. The woman was fearless and having lost both my parents to cancer if I were to ever suffer from it I hope I have her outlook. Fierce!