Re:I was scared yesterday-got my pathology results! FAO Lynda

[Guest guest]

Gee, I'm surprised about what your physician told you too. My tumor was

classified Stage IIIa, Grade 3, and 5 of 20 lymph nodes were positive. I'm also

fortunate to be ER/PR+, so there are many options to help keep me around for

years to come. Chemotherapy and hormone therapy decrease my statistical chances

of a reoccurrence dramatically. But they aren't anything close to zero.

Yes, your cancer had spread beyond the breast, but it may not have gone any

further. Those lymph nodes are SUPPOSED to help keep bad stuff from getting

into the blood, so it's just as possible that they did their job.

That's how I'm looking at my future. ... AND I do think that I have one. I'm

trying to do my part to help my body succeed in operating like it's supposed to

operate. I've had the surgery; I've completed chemotherapy; I've completed

radiation; and I may have my sole ovary removed because the faithful organ is

still producing too much estrogen even though I haven't had a period for 10

years and am almost 59 years old. Now I need to start planning to live

healthier than I have been with more exercise and a more nutritious diet.

I hope today was a better day for you, and that you are able to start planning

for a better, longer future.

SharonK