Breast cancer and survival at young age?

Question

I was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago today at the age of 31....it was a nast diagnosis with 7 positive lymph nodes which led to mastectomy, chemo, rads and 2 years of Herceptin in a trial . So far I am ok,although as I only finished Herceptin in June I do still feel a little creaky and tired.....the weight gain from the hormonals has been awful and I hate feeling so fat but I suppose its better to be alive than a skinny dead!

Anyway just wanted to know how to cope with the fear cancer brings, I have an eight year old I want to raise to adulthood and I lay awake at night just crying and crying.....doesi t ever get better? and how many women really survive this and live to a ripe old age?
Any suggestions on diet and supplements too would be great....I do log on to various cancer websites and they help but sometimes I feel I should have "moved on" by now!

Answer 1

I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer just over 2 years. I did partial mastectomy, chemo and radiation. My cancer was not estrogen or progestrin receptive so Herceptin wouldn't do anything for mine. I too worry everytime a feel a little twinge or soreness in that breast.

Has your doctor recommended hysterectomy and having your ovaries removed? Because many breast cancers feed on estrogen this could be a good move.

My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer 13 years ago, she also had young children at home and she is doing just fine now.

I have found that the best thing to do is to keep positive, and get out and support others who are going through or have gone through similar situations, which also helped me tremendously with getting back on my feet,. I have to remember that I am not the only one who had/has cancer.

Answer 2

On the grounds that older ladies pay more attention and get average investigate-ups, accordingly they're extra more likely to capture it at an early stage. All matters being equal, a more youthful women would absolutely have a greater risk of surviving the identical stage of cancer as an older women. However normally women in their 20s and 30s would possibly not suppose they've any risk of getting cancer, so mainly its now not identified unless its evolved. Denise, from what i have been told, most forms of cancers are extra surivable if you're younger. Regularly when you consider that your body is likely to be more fit and more desirable. Also making it control chemo. Just go to seer cancer stats and look at some the info. On cancers such as lymphoma, younger persons are much more likely to survive then older.

Answer 3

Very few doctors in the frontine medical world impress on you the need to cut chemical out of your life. But when you have cancer, your body needs to have the best chance to fight it. All the chemical we have in our daily lives reduce the effectiveness of one's immune system.

Sad as it may seem, the massive increase in breast cancer in women (something like 1 in 8 will get it in the western world) can be put down to the plethora of chemicals that women apply to themselves every day. I say sad, because it would take a special women to give up makeup, shampoo/conditioner, hair colorants, sun tan oils, etc, etc.

Then there are metals - mercury fillings. mercury is found in the breast tissue of many women.

Then there are processed foods - they just don't make Americans fat, they systematically reduce the immune system over the years, so by the time you are 70, it is 50-50 you will go to your grave by way of cancer - really.

Then there are stored food. Aflatoxins are mould spores that are everywhere. Vitamin C is an antidote. Stored food gets infected and Aflotoxins are carcinogenic. That is not a magic word - everything that chronically (over time) undermines the immune system is a carcinogen. Fruit stays free of aflatoxins until the vitamin C has all disappeared, then it rots. Stored grains are the worst hit by the moulds.

So, eat fresh fruit. Prepare all food from scratch. Bake your own bread from fresh flour (put some vitamin C powder in to be sure), and give up coffee. Caffeine opposes the action of Vitamin C. If you have your daily vitamin C but drink more than a couple cups coffee, it is like you had no vitamin C.

Do all these things and you may beat cancer.

Do all these things as a way of life, and you will not get cancer.

Answer 4

Oh I am so sorry. I wish I new what to tell you. I am currently 26 years old and I was just diagnosed with Met. Breast Cancer. I feel awful and depressed. I hope that it goes away someday. Have your doctors given you a remission of any sort. Did they get all of the cancer.

I know that many women live years after fighting Breast Cancer. I hope that I am one of them. I hope you are as well.

I wish I could be of more help. I am in a support group and there are ladies that have been in remission for 10 years and still have depression issues. So now I don't think you need to move ON. This is a part of your life for the rest of your life. Grasp it and try to make it pos.

Please email me at [e-mail] I know of a wonderful online support group.

Take Care and Sending smiles your way!

Answer 5

My sister in law had breast cancer. She had one breast removed and worried that it would come back, and had the other removed two years later. When she and my brother married, she was 5 years cancer free! It takes time. She had to get past that 5th year before she really felt "safe". You have been given a gift in a way, you KNOW that life is to be cherrished day by day, and you can make special memories for you and your 8 yearold.... that the two of you can share 20 years from now!

Eat healthy. The closer to the "vine" the better. Ask your Dr. about supplements. And get with a support group.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I'm sorry I can't offer you much, but I do want to say "Hang in there!" My mother was diagnosed with cancer at age 30. This was 25 years ago, and she was diagnosed too late and did not survive. You are very lucky that you caught yours in time.

I was just about your child's age when I lost my mom. Your child is very lucky to still have you! Try to stay strong for him or her.

Just so you know that you're not strange or crazy, I've never gone through what you have, but I still lie awake crying some nights, worrying about the possibility. It's natural to be scared, of course. Just remember that your child needs you to be healthy mentally as much as physically, and the two are connected. You can stay vigilant and take preventive measures, but don't let the fear rule you.

Every moment you have with your child is a gift. Treasure it. You cannot control what the future will bring, but you can control how you react to it. And how you react to the present. If anything, I hope your experience has taught you that life is precious. Too precious to waste on fear.

I really don't think there's ever a time when you "move on." You will deal with this for the rest of your life, in one way or another. Please consider joining a cancer survivor's support group. Maybe you can work with people who are going through treatment for cancer right now, to give them extra support too.

Hang in there. You're doing fine!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

i takes time to get over things and this is a big thing im sure if u just talk to ur 8 yr old it might help

Answer 9

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