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Jackie07 · 01-26-2011, 08:17 PM

Coolbreeze,

I certainly hope it's not bone mets. But whatever it is, I'm sure it can be treated successfully.

A 'recurrence' in a different location could have been there from the earliest time of (or before) our diagnoses. My 1.2 cm - very fast growing - tumor was estimated to have been growing for 2 1/2 years. My 2+ cm local/regional recurrence had been growing almost 4 years before we caught it. Since your initial tumor was more than 3 cm, I wouldn't be surprised if the cancer had been there 4, 5 years. And that gives the 'circulating cells' plenty of time to lodge themselves in other parts of the body. Most of them probably have been wiped out by the chemotherapy already.

It's a shocker - I remember the numb feeling when my surgeon confirmed my suspecion. (Previous mammagrams ordered by either the family doctor or the medical oncologist were all declared 'benigh' - the cancer was misread as 'scar tissue'.) It explained why I had been so tired the previous 3 years... I had cancer!

However, 'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras...'...

01-26-2011, 08:17 PM	#2
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,809	Re: Anybody recur after only seven weeks? Coolbreeze, I certainly hope it's not bone mets. But whatever it is, I'm sure it can be treated successfully. A 'recurrence' in a different location could have been there from the earliest time of (or before) our diagnoses. My 1.2 cm - very fast growing - tumor was estimated to have been growing for 2 1/2 years. My 2+ cm local/regional recurrence had been growing almost 4 years before we caught it. Since your initial tumor was more than 3 cm, I wouldn't be surprised if the cancer had been there 4, 5 years. And that gives the 'circulating cells' plenty of time to lodge themselves in other parts of the body. Most of them probably have been wiped out by the chemotherapy already. It's a shocker - I remember the numb feeling when my surgeon confirmed my suspecion. (Previous mammagrams ordered by either the family doctor or the medical oncologist were all declared 'benigh' - the cancer was misread as 'scar tissue'.) It explained why I had been so tired the previous 3 years... I had cancer! However, 'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras...'... __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe Last edited by Jackie07; 01-27-2011 at 11:18 PM..