[candlegranny]

i too have stage 3C. My oncologist told me the same thing. He said because of the number of nodes involved.. there is a 50% chance it can come back.. he was shocked when I said 50/50 that is not too bad. It is not 100% and i told him I would be on the 50% side that is good. I know 50/50 is not as good as we would like... but he is not telling us that it WILL get us. I get scared too. when he told me to come back in 6 months instead of 3.. i dont want to wait... but othere days i feel normal again and love it for a second until reality steps back in. My doctor said I dont need clinical trials. he says i got hte standard medicine and it worked. In my opinion the healing of the radiaton burns was the worst experience of the whole treatment thing. I had the same treatment as you NEDenise but 18 out of 31 nodes cancer. i am ready to look for a plastic surgeon ot get my boob back! it is almost 2 yrs and i am ready i think. I only lost one boob and nothing done to replace it yet. that is another journey... opinons and finding the right plastic surgeon for me. keep your chin up there is always positive in everything. Bonita