retired_absoluteangel

My Mother woke me up today to tell me, she has Breast Cancer. She is very positive because they have told her they "caught it early" and "it's only small".

She checked into hospital today and is having it removed tommorrow and if all goes well she'll be out and well again soon.

What i'd like to know is, what are the success rates in these type of operations? and how often does Breast Cancer reocurr?

pugsly13

That sucks man,I wish her well.I had a similiar problem during the summer when my uncle ws diagnosed with testicular cancer.Thankfully it too was detected early and he was given the all-clear a few weeks back.Afaik,if it is caught early,success rates are high.
Again,wish you and her well :thup:

retired_jshendel

Very successful if caught early. My Mums friend had it, and they removed both her breasts.

WorkoutHHH

Sorry to hear that

My mum had it a few years back

retired_Siwash

My mother had breast cancer, and recovered swiftly and fully after surgery.

If it's caught early then IIRC the chances are very good.

retired_selvinel

Well I can't say I've had a personal experience of breast cancer But I did have one of my nuts removed this month due to testicular cancer. Haven't been given the all-clear yet, but it should be a formality.

If it's very small, so the procedure should be fine. Just need to keep on top of it, to make sure it doesn't start to come back in future.

retired_felicityh

My Mum had it in the 90's. From what I know it didn't 'reocurr' and nowadays she is much better. Hard for me to say how many years it will take because she had more illnesses then that so it made her worse sometimes. Im just thankful she is actually looking and acting well again nowadays.

retired_absoluteangel

Thanks lads, I needed a bit a reassurance!

Hope you get the OK soon FBT

retired_David Lascelle

nowadays it's very successful... i don't know whether you remember about a year ago i had a topic going on about my brother, he had leukemia.... nowadays he is much better, but havent been given the go ahead yet, but the leukemia is gone... hopefully!

Gl to your mom mate!

retired_lizm5285

my mum had it in the 90's too, and was told she'd have a few years to live, then they managed to stop it

it came back in 2002 and she was told she could go at any time and it was terminal, though she kept fighting and went another 4 years.

horrid diesease, but even if they say they can't cure it, keep positive and u can prove even doctors wrong.