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harrie · 08-13-2009, 11:56 PM

MaryJo, what you just said was interesting. My friend, 43 yrs old, recently dx with stage 2, joined a church and a prayer group. The leader, with all good intentions said something like "we will be with you now until the end". WHAT A THING TO SAY!! But like for many people with minimal experience or knowledge about breast cancer, the assumption is that it is a death sentence.
Because...similar to what you said....people hear about those who died of cancer, but you rarely hear of the multitude that survived it and ended up living a long healthy life.

08-13-2009, 11:56 PM	#8
harrie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hilo, Hawaii Posts: 1,867	Re: Recurrance MaryJo, what you just said was interesting. My friend, 43 yrs old, recently dx with stage 2, joined a church and a prayer group. The leader, with all good intentions said something like "we will be with you now until the end". WHAT A THING TO SAY!! But like for many people with minimal experience or knowledge about breast cancer, the assumption is that it is a death sentence. Because...similar to what you said....people hear about those who died of cancer, but you rarely hear of the multitude that survived it and ended up living a long healthy life. __________________ * MARYANNE * aka HARRIECANARIE 1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads 1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen 2006: BRCA 2 positive Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm) Grade: intermediate sentinal node biopsy: neg HER2/neu amplified 4.7 ER+/PR+ TOPO II neg Oncotype dx 20 Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction oophorectomy 2007: 6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin) finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07 Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr Femara Last edited by harrie; 08-14-2009 at 12:42 AM..