Re: How can they know this?
I have travelled through cancerland for over 9 years now, and on this journey I've learned that no doctor can predict how any individual will fare. A phenomenal response to initial therapy is a very good, hopeful sign. She will live as long as she will live, regardless of what anyone says.
With all the new developments, if I were her, I'd aim for 30 years survival. And I know of patients whose cancer was completely eradicated. Why shouldn't she be one of them? We just don't know.
And besides: none of us knows how and when we will die, or from what cause. We only know that we will die one day. I try to make the most out of every day, just in case...
Love
Jacqueline
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Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.
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