I’m so sorry, Justin. At what stage was she diagnosed? I had a Stage 1a uterine cancer. Surgery took care of it. Normally, they check just the sentinel nodes. If the sentinel node is positive, then they know the cancer has at least spread there, which means it could be in the micro circulation. They only sampled two of mine, one on eithe…
I’m so sorry, Justin. At what stage was she diagnosed? I had a Stage 1a uterine cancer. Surgery took care of it. Normally, they check just the sentinel nodes. If the sentinel node is positive, then they know the cancer has at least spread there, which means it could be in the micro circulation. They only sampled two of mine, one on either side of my pelvis and the “sentinel” or first nodes draining that area. They were both negative. Taking out too many nodes in the axilla can be hard on a person. It makes their arm swell. I’m sorry y’all are going through this. Maybe she would like to join a breast cancer support group. I’m sure she’s scared. It’s scary to be given such a diagnosis. Hoping she is completely cured!
Thanks Mel. It was caught early, I'm thinking it was stage 1, but it seemed to have grown quickly. She did freak to some extent, and being a nurse, I can't talk any recommendations to her. She does have to wear a compression sleeve, and does some kind of treatment with an inflatable device. She's on hormone blockers now (post menopausal), as the doctors said it was hormonally linked. I appreciate your suggestion about the breast cancer support group. I'm not sure if she's given a lot of thought to it. I'll bring it up. Thanks!
I’m a nurse too, an NP actually and practiced family med for 20 years plus. She may want to get a couple more opinions and do a lot of reading on her type and grade of cancer before she goes the double mastectomy route. I’m not certain it improves survival for some of these types of breast cancers. I wish you guys well. Thank you for responding too, Justin. Love, Mel
I’m so sorry, Justin. At what stage was she diagnosed? I had a Stage 1a uterine cancer. Surgery took care of it. Normally, they check just the sentinel nodes. If the sentinel node is positive, then they know the cancer has at least spread there, which means it could be in the micro circulation. They only sampled two of mine, one on either side of my pelvis and the “sentinel” or first nodes draining that area. They were both negative. Taking out too many nodes in the axilla can be hard on a person. It makes their arm swell. I’m sorry y’all are going through this. Maybe she would like to join a breast cancer support group. I’m sure she’s scared. It’s scary to be given such a diagnosis. Hoping she is completely cured!
Thanks Mel. It was caught early, I'm thinking it was stage 1, but it seemed to have grown quickly. She did freak to some extent, and being a nurse, I can't talk any recommendations to her. She does have to wear a compression sleeve, and does some kind of treatment with an inflatable device. She's on hormone blockers now (post menopausal), as the doctors said it was hormonally linked. I appreciate your suggestion about the breast cancer support group. I'm not sure if she's given a lot of thought to it. I'll bring it up. Thanks!
I’m a nurse too, an NP actually and practiced family med for 20 years plus. She may want to get a couple more opinions and do a lot of reading on her type and grade of cancer before she goes the double mastectomy route. I’m not certain it improves survival for some of these types of breast cancers. I wish you guys well. Thank you for responding too, Justin. Love, Mel