if i have breast cancer but decide to leave it alone, how long will i live?

Answer 1

That depends on the progress of the disease, your overall health, age, and what measures you take in terms of diet and supplements. Read more here:
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Many folks have cured themselves of cancer and other chronic diseases by eliminating bad foods from their diet and concentrating on good foods and optimum health which can allow the body to heal itself. I'm not saying don't go see a doctor, but your immune system can do some amazing things if it's given what it needs to do it's job.

Answer 2

Why on earth would you want to leave it alone????? As far as how long you would live would depend on the stage of cancer you have, and if it has moved any where else in your body. But there is so much that can be done to survivor this kind of cancer. I am a 14 year breast cancer survivor although it was hard to go through I would never have even thought about not doing anything about it.
You do realize this would not be a very pleasant death. You really need to rethink this.

Answer 3

Breast cancer is not one disease, but several, and how long you would live untreated depends on what kind you have. Some are very slow growing and if you are in your 70s or 80s likely you would die from something else. Some are very agressive and without immediate intensive treatment will be quickly fatal.

So what's the problem with getting it treated? Money? There are resources if you are without insurance. Fear of surgery or chemo? Surgery doesn't amount to much, an overnight in hospital and chemo is no treat, but probably beats being dead. There are hormonal treatments that are easy and monoclonals that are a bit harder, but radiation is easy for most people. I've had BC twice and done them all.

Answer 4

I have breast cancer, and I know exactly how you are feeling. The point is not how long you will live, but the kind of life you will have. There is no answer to your question because there are so many kinds of cancer. Some respond to surgery alone, some need radiation and chemo, some like mine respond to the cancer drugs and some there is no treatment. Don't be afraid to ask those tough questions!

Answer 5

There are too many factors to be ablke to give an accurate guess.

There are different forms of breast cancer.

There are different parts of the breast tissue for it to be located.

You have given no indication of how far it has already progresed.

It can be a very distressing way to die. My mother died after breast cancer metastasized, after 15 years remission, and that was bad enough. A close friend lost his mother to breast cancer as the primary cause of death. The tumour grew into the chest wall and attached to the ribs, making each breath painful and continued growing until she needed to be on pure oxygen to breath at all and eventually she virtually suffocated. she was on such high dose medication for the pain that she was unable to communicate at all. Not a pleasant way to go!

There is no way I would have left mine untreated!

Answer 6

I can understand, where you coming from!. there is not much out there to hold on to. radiation cause cancer, quimo kill you too, and with surgery you get the chance of metastasis of the cancer and the medication like tomoxime have also side effect like making more cancer. Its hard to make decision when everything became a number(statistics) chances if survival mastectomy Vs. lumpectomy is the same and well as metastasis) and there is not sure thing other than,,, we all going to die and is our choice to decide the level of quality you want on your life before that time come.

Answer 7

My sister in law chose not to treat her breast cancer and lived about one year. She did not want to go through treatments. The first six months were better than the last six months of her life. The last six months she steadily declined and eventually unable to do anything. She died at home with my brother at her side. She was about 57 years old and extremely healthy before the cancer.

Answer 8

Without any reference (biopsy - mitotic (growth) rate, mutations involved, etc., staging, and knowledge of overall health), how do you expect anyone to give you even an educated guess?

Answer 9

depends on if your limp nodes were affected, what stage your cancer is and your over-all health.

Answer 10

not sure. but if you do have it, please use your common sense and have it treated . unless you want an untimely death , or secret death wish (no offence). please get treatment before it's too late - how would your friends and family feel if you just left it untreated ?