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Michele, I just saw a nurse practitioner for a follow up appointment yesterday. She was subbing for my regular nurse pract, when she was away on vacation. Since I saw her only once before my appointment, I was curious to hear what input she had on prognosis.
She's been taking care of cancer patients for years, I think she's in 50's or 60's. Anyway, some patients worse than mine have been around for 5-7 years under her care. She also told me she recalled that there was a patient, also whose cancer was worse than mine, was able to stay around for 15 years, under my regular nurse pract's care. Each case is very unique & individualized.
Remember I'm stage 4 recurrence, with 17 positive nodes at original diagnosis. My oncologist won't give me a prognosis, too.
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