Pandora II
Ideal_Rock
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Sorry, just need to vent a bit - this week seems to be one piece of bad news after another.
First, my 36 year-old cousin found an odd dimpled looking patch on her breast last week, she showed it to my uncle who''s a gynae and he got her straight in to see someone on the Thursday. She had a mastectomy on Monday for very aggressive cancer and will be starting chemo shortly.
Then, my 40 year-old second cousin went to see a consultant as she and her partner were having trouble TTC. They did some tests and discovered that she has advanced ovarian cancer and breast and liver secondaries. Her mother (married to my great uncle) died of ovarian cancer in January.
Finally, my mother went for a mammogram a few weeks ago, they found something they didn''t like the look of and had her back for a biopsy. They then wanted a second bigger biopsy and today she got the results - carcinoma in situ. I just spoke to my father who said it''s about a 2 on a cancer scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst.
She''s not worried about it, but she has MS, plus she is due for major surgery on her back and neck (usual story, you have MS so they never look for something else that might be wrong, so back went undiagnosed for 10 years till I said she had symptoms like mine and she made them check it out.
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I''m strangely calm about the whole thing and just feel so sorry for her - last thing she needs right now is another bit that doesn''t work. She starts radiotherapy in 2 months time and then some new drug they are trialling. She''s more pissed off than anything.
They''re also going to do a genetic profile - in the meantime, I have to go for a load of tests ( unlikely to have anything, but apparently it''s good to have an early mammogram for them to compare with in the future...)
I feel really terrible for my poor cousin - she doesn''t have a boyfriend right now and I think when you are in her situation and having a mastectomy that can so affect your view of your own femininity that it is nice to have a partner there to support you and help you deal with issues. She''s moved in with her parents, but it''s not quite the same.
I''m hoping bad news only comes in threes...
First, my 36 year-old cousin found an odd dimpled looking patch on her breast last week, she showed it to my uncle who''s a gynae and he got her straight in to see someone on the Thursday. She had a mastectomy on Monday for very aggressive cancer and will be starting chemo shortly.
Then, my 40 year-old second cousin went to see a consultant as she and her partner were having trouble TTC. They did some tests and discovered that she has advanced ovarian cancer and breast and liver secondaries. Her mother (married to my great uncle) died of ovarian cancer in January.
Finally, my mother went for a mammogram a few weeks ago, they found something they didn''t like the look of and had her back for a biopsy. They then wanted a second bigger biopsy and today she got the results - carcinoma in situ. I just spoke to my father who said it''s about a 2 on a cancer scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst.
She''s not worried about it, but she has MS, plus she is due for major surgery on her back and neck (usual story, you have MS so they never look for something else that might be wrong, so back went undiagnosed for 10 years till I said she had symptoms like mine and she made them check it out.
I''m strangely calm about the whole thing and just feel so sorry for her - last thing she needs right now is another bit that doesn''t work. She starts radiotherapy in 2 months time and then some new drug they are trialling. She''s more pissed off than anything.
They''re also going to do a genetic profile - in the meantime, I have to go for a load of tests ( unlikely to have anything, but apparently it''s good to have an early mammogram for them to compare with in the future...)
I feel really terrible for my poor cousin - she doesn''t have a boyfriend right now and I think when you are in her situation and having a mastectomy that can so affect your view of your own femininity that it is nice to have a partner there to support you and help you deal with issues. She''s moved in with her parents, but it''s not quite the same.
I''m hoping bad news only comes in threes...
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