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Lien · 07-05-2013, 05:42 AM

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

07-05-2013, 05:42 AM	#11
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	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 __________________ 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.