[Nancy L]

There are two types of recurrence---local and distant. If you have a recurrence which is distant, i.e., to another organ, you are forever dealing with metastatic disease---I know because this is my situation. All we can hope for is to stay one step ahead of the next medical discovery. Most of our oncologists have a hard time looking us in the face and telling us the "real deal". But I find strength in knowing the truth.