Hi all, I'd be interested to hear any comments on this, I have a friend diagnosed a year after me with a far better prognosis..no pos lymph nodes, sml tumour, hormone pos and her2 negative. Between the two of us I would have thought I'd be the one to recurr but sadly just before last Christmas she was diagnosed with a huge spine tumour and mets to bone after chemo /hormone therapy and rads.She was told the chemo simply did'nt work.
She underwent major surgery but only 3/4 of the tumour could be removed so she's been in chemo since wearing a back brace and because of nerve damage during the op has had to have a catheter and constant care.
I just heard yesterday after recent scans that the chemo once again has not worked. The cancer has progressed in bones and to the liver and her Dr's have agreed there is no more they can do so have called in hospice home help.
She was initially going for a second opinion but has now decided against this and is in a wheelchair.
The hospice Dr says the end will be sooner rather than later.
I've lost a few friends to this disease but this has me stumped. How could this happen???
With what was not a terribly aggresive type of cancer in '06 to this??
I suppose I'm just trying to put a label on this to help me process the info/news and would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks in advance for any replies..
Trying to make sense of this
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