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bottkota
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 34

    11/03/09 at 08:53 PMReply with quote#1

hello all, was sent here by a friend from the breastcancer.org website.  a little background for you.  April '05 at the age of 30 I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.  2cm, no node involvement, bilateral mastectomy, AC and taxol treatments, triple neg (I really hate that word now).  fast forward to this year.  i have been having pain on my left side, that radiated down my arm which started in the summer of '08.  nobody even me was concerned about it.  well pain started to get a lot worse in September and the first part of october, i put in a call to my oncologist.  He in turn ordered a bone scan.  that showed something on my sternum.  a week later we went in and had a PET scan done and the sternum and surrounding lymph nodes "lit" up. had a ct scan done to figure out if the spot could be biopsied.  biospy was done last wednesday the 28th of october.  got the call yesterday that the cancer has come back and it is in my bones.  there are no other hot spots on my bones except my sternum area.  but was no told about some liver abnormalities.  until the day before my biopsy when they were deciding where to biopsy, my liver or my lung or if they would be able to do the sternum biopsy.  well they were able to do the sternum.  the radiologist said the lesion on my liver was small and he was not concerned about that.  according to what my onc.'s nurse read from the report is that there are 4 hypo-plastiy (sp?) on my liver.  small. sutle on the PET scan but showed up on the ct scan of my chest.  should i be concerned about these abnormalities?  i am meeting with my oncologist tomorrow afternoon to talk treatment options and what route would be best for me.  i have read and heard that if your cancer is to come back it is best to come back in your bones, is that true?  has anyone thought about altering their diet along with chemo to combat this nasty disease??????  any advice, thoughts, help, anything to ease my mind.  thought after 4 1/2 years I would be free and clear.  guess not.  guess i need to fight this with all i got again.  thanks for reading and letting me vent!

   
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