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General => General discussion => Topic started by: MrBounce on 31 July 2012, 22:21
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Mrs B has an unusual and rare gene which makes her extremely susceptable to both Breast & Ovarian Cancers.
A few weeks ago we had an appointment with one of the breast specialists up at the hospital and it was quite a shock. Because of the gene she has, there is an 80% chance of her getting breast cancer, significantly higher than anyone without this gene. And because of the aggressive nature of Breast Cancer, if she gets it, because of the gene there is a knock-on effect which means that all her other cells then are equally likely to become cancerous. Therefore waiting to get the cancer and then having a mastectomy is pretty pointless, as the cancer will then take over and attack any other cells in the body. This is exactly what happened to her Aunt, who having conquered BC then succumbed to 2 different types of cancer because of the same unusual gene.
Unfortunately the likely scenario is major preventative surgery (I won't go into hefty details here) but it basically means a double mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery. Options are available from using her own tissue from elsewhere (belly) to silicon implants (no size increases though).
Tomorrow it's the first appointment up at the breast clinic (of course it's not the local hospital, but is instead an hour away during rush hour...) so am feeling very thoughful.
Although she does not have Cancer, the stuff she is having to go through is just so mind-boggling horrible. We've got some tough days ahead. :cry:
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Mum had breast canser, horible thing. Allthough what your going through isnt canser its self, sounds nasty!
Hopefully it wont come to taking skin from her belly etc, will scar her for
Life!
Hope it all goes well .
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dealing with any situation like this is not an easy time and i wish the both of you the very best of luck especially your partner
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My mum also suffered from breast cancer last year, she is now through the chemo and radiotherapy and is on a 12 month course of herceptin. It's a horrible thing for anyone to go through, wishing you and Mrs B all the best :afro:
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Sad times :sad: i can only say that i hope it all works out :smiley: got to remember that it will be short term pain for a long healthy life for Mrs B :smiley:
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I'm sure it'll work out for the best Mr B, rather get things sorted now than have something much worse to deal with later on.
All the best for both you and Mrs B :afro:
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Sorry to hear mate but stay strong not just for yourself, but especially for Mrs B. You'll be alright. :afro:
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Sorry to hear mate but stay strong not just for yourself, but especially for Mrs B. You'll be alright. :afro:
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Really sorry to hear that mate... The small positive is that all this is known now and not a shock later when often it is too late to help someone. I wish Mrs B and yourself all the best though this tough time and I hope that the end result of all this is nothing but positive. :afro:
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Prevention is better than cure, my thoughts are with you and your Mrs at this difficult time.
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As above... Cancer is a horrible horrible thing and I recently lost my aunt to it. Be very glad this was picked up early and they can do something about it. Wouldnt wish cancer on anyone.... lets hope this means she doesnt have to go through any of the other stuff!! gws
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Well that was a heavy experience. All ok but we now have more questions than answers...
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Sort of know how you're feeling mate, both myself and the missus had cancer scares last year which weren't nice.
Hope it all works out for the best for her and you, some people forget that there are two of you going through this. Ok you're not having the physical side of it but the metal side is very real :sad: