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caya · 10-23-2007, 07:51 PM

Mary Jo -

The polyp was pre-cancerous - and now it's out - so you will probably have a colonoscopy more often than most people. So you will be watched over more closely, and you will be fine.

I know how you feel - I am not a smoker or a drinker, eat pretty well, exercised, have no family history of BC - I had my mammogram and breast ultrasound in June 2006 - get the all clear (lol) and have the breast reduction in Oct. 2006 and my PS finds the 1.7 cm. tumour. All the docs say this reduction surgery saved my life - they all think that tumour would not have been found in my big dense prenopausal breast for a few years, and then who knows what stage I would have been - probably not stage 1. It was a major pity party here for a few weeks and then once all my scans were coming in clear, and my onc. and breast surgeon gave me the plan of attack, I started to feel better and prepare for the fight.

So this is just another battle for you Mary Jo, but you are winning the battles and the war!

all the best
caya

10-23-2007, 07:51 PM	#7
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Mary Jo - The polyp was pre-cancerous - and now it's out - so you will probably have a colonoscopy more often than most people. So you will be watched over more closely, and you will be fine. I know how you feel - I am not a smoker or a drinker, eat pretty well, exercised, have no family history of BC - I had my mammogram and breast ultrasound in June 2006 - get the all clear (lol) and have the breast reduction in Oct. 2006 and my PS finds the 1.7 cm. tumour. All the docs say this reduction surgery saved my life - they all think that tumour would not have been found in my big dense prenopausal breast for a few years, and then who knows what stage I would have been - probably not stage 1. It was a major pity party here for a few weeks and then once all my scans were coming in clear, and my onc. and breast surgeon gave me the plan of attack, I started to feel better and prepare for the fight. So this is just another battle for you Mary Jo, but you are winning the battles and the war! all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!