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Believe51 · 09-14-2007, 12:55 PM

Looking around I can see that many sites have not updated the statistics of male breast cancer. Wake up guys....the numbers according to the ACS are 2,030......not 1,400, not 1,600 not 1,720. I know it is rare but in those numbers is my husband and it is offensive that updates are not made.

I gave that number to someone of great importance and she said: "Ew, that may even be our statistic". It was!!

Like I said it may sound petty of me but it is inaccurate, it is infuriating to me, and repulsive to those men whom are inflicted.

Thanks for letting me rant and rave!! LOL>>Believe51

09-14-2007, 12:55 PM	#3
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 3,000	Yes Looking around I can see that many sites have not updated the statistics of male breast cancer. Wake up guys....the numbers according to the ACS are 2,030......not 1,400, not 1,600 not 1,720. I know it is rare but in those numbers is my husband and it is offensive that updates are not made. I gave that number to someone of great importance and she said: "Ew, that may even be our statistic". It was!! Like I said it may sound petty of me but it is inaccurate, it is infuriating to me, and repulsive to those men whom are inflicted. Thanks for letting me rant and rave!! LOL>>Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!