Breast Cancer ???

[smiles4u]

AN UPDATE .... to those of you who might have read this thread before ...


.... I have had the happiest of tears in my eyes since last night as my 27yr old SIL rang me last night to give us the greatest news that after finishing her 5 rounds of chemo ... SHE IS IN THE ALL CLEAR ... NO MORE CANCER

She won't even need surgery ... HOW BRILLIANT IS THAT

She will be of course monitored & be on hormonal treatment for sometime !!


... NOW the sad news ... my own older sister (she's 51, married with a 13yr old son) found out last month she has breast cancer. She had surgery to remove the lump last month & they discovered another lump which was removed 2wks later after the 1st surgery.
She will be having chemo & then radiotherapy soon ( & then hormonal treatment).

The Doc's said they are going to give it a super blast with the strongest dose of chemo ... & no stone is left unturned.

The Doc's are hopeful cause she only had a mamogram 2mths before & they consider 51 to be young. Also if you have your period still at this age it's a bonus so she can have the hormonal treatment too.

We had a get together at my parents this past weekend. She wanted them to see she is ok. As any parents they are stressing. As my Mum said even though she is 51 she is still her baby.

My sister is nuts about my 2yr old daughter Cendrine. Bummer is I live 4.5hrs away from my sister so I promised her if she needs a "Cendrine Fix" I will bring her to her. My sister loved that idea

So, I would love to think the Chinese Wishing Pot I gave my SIL helped ... Reckon I'm gonna get one for my sister too.

PLEASE send positive & warm thoughts for my sister ... & big ' fingers crossed ' for her now that she continues her journey

LIFE can be so testing ... a wonderful ending to my SIL journey ... and then a journey like this begins for my very own sister.

I need all the encouragement I can get to repeat the same energy I can to help my own sister as I did for my SIL

THANK YOU so very much for getting this far in reading this

[Jaycee]

I hope your sister can beat it just like your sister-in-law
Thinking of you and your family and sending you lots of strength!!

[MantaRay]

Hun, I am so glad that your SIL has had such fantastic news. I hope soon we will be hearing that your sister has the same great outcome.

[smiles4u]

Another UPDATE for those that read this thread of mine

After my SIL been given the ALL CLEAR with the breast cancer ... SHE chose to have a mastectomy ...

as she did a genes test and she is a high carrier & is more than likely to get breast cancer again (both her Mother & Grandmother have had breast cancer too).

SIL had one breast removed last Thurs (after only been given 2 nights stay in a public hospital, ... that appalled me as she would have had a long 'ride' back home from Moorabbin to Morwell. The other breast will be removed later on and then reconstruction after that !!

GREAT NEWS is she is doing well !!!

As for my own sister who also has breast cancer she has had her 2nd chemo treatment which has made her incredibly fatigued & 24hr nausea this time (she is getting the strongest dose of chemo). Her hair is now all gone (mostly after 1st chemo) ... BUT she is still in such FANTASTIC spirits

THANKS TO ALL THAT READ THIS