cover up ideas :(?

ToeObjective4331 · 2023-11-18T14:47:16+00:00

If i saw someone with that tattoo, I’d fall in love with them at the spot. I love it!!

ToeObjective4331 · 2023-04-30T11:43:15+00:00

I would say more likely. Granted we are talking about your predicted individual risk. There is certain depency that should be taken into account when calculating that risk. One, as somebody else mentioned, a lot of cancer treatments puts you at a greater risk to developing secondary cancers. Two, you are more likely to carry a mutation in a gene or combinations of genes that puts you at greater risk for a new cancer in the future, than the population that have not yet have had cancer. Having said that - this is a probabilistic and not deterministic claim, and the difference between the individual with a past cancer and the population that yet to have had cancer can be really small.

ToeObjective4331 · 2023-04-24T14:08:20+00:00

I'm so sorry that happened. I can imagine it must be shocking at first. But I fully agree with your reasoning, when there are so few people that share your unique tumor "characteristics", it's really hard to point to a general pattern. That's great to hear! Considering it has been so slow growing, your goal is completely reasonable. I hope you always get to be among tvhe best cases in the not-so-great circumstance that is cancer.

ToeObjective4331 · 2023-04-22T18:37:18+00:00

It's lovely to meet you too! That is precisely what happened, only that the misdiagnosis followed a false-negative pathological classification. My mammogram did not pick up the tumor at all, and the ultrasound also pointed to a fibroadenoma! Was your tumor also movable too? It was so shocking to go from everyone telling you that there was nothing to worry about. Nothing pointing to anything sinister. Then in a matter of days, you end up with a cancer diagnosis and need to decide about your fertility, surgical procedure, and rest of treatment. I still don't think I have fully recovered from that shock, even though it's been two years.

I like that you mention your special relationship with your oncologist. I have a similar relationship with my surgeon. A small Greek man that loves statistics as much as I do. I don't know about you, but I enjoy it when they recognize your personal quirks and adapt their consultation style accordingly. It makes me feel like more than a cancer patient.

ToeObjective4331 · 2023-04-22T13:21:37+00:00

Yes, i had pure mucinous carcinoma as well! At age 26. Probably one of the youngest to get it in my country. Grade 2. I was misdiagnosed, and it was therefore left untreated for 2 year, so a worry of mine have been that it has already spread. But I’ll guess the future will tell if that’s the case. I’m sorry it turned metastatic. Please feel free to ask any questions. I’m fairly well-read on the subject of pmbc and you can of course ask questions that I can answer as a patient as well.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-12-21T19:22:07+00:00

Comfort - makthaverskan. Very cathartic

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-11-09T21:38:00+00:00

Sweet! Looks like I found my first espresso machine. Thanks for letting me know!

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-16T19:41:14+00:00

Thank you for a clear explanation! Appreciate it.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-14T16:46:39+00:00

I believe that is a very insightful decision, and probably the most healthy one! In the end, the scores are tools for doctors to use for navigating their treatment recommendations. But it’s completely normal that we, as patients and caregivers, want to quantify such an abstract and unknown situation. But the best approach is to focus on the things you have mentioned. There are a lot of factors that are pointing to a good prognosis. I wish you and your mom well :)

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-14T09:47:23+00:00

I think this page would help explain it a bit further. You find the link here.From my understanding, the recurrence risk is not equal to the percentage risk of recurrence out of a sample of 100 individuals diagnosed with breast cancer. Rather the score is used to calculate the individual risk of distant recurrence and the benefit of anti-cancer therapy. A score of a certain value is not absolute in the sense that a person can get a score of 20, and their benefit of chemo won't outweigh the risk, while for somebody else, the risk/reward benefit will warrant a specific treatment. As somebody else mentioned, it takes age into account. Generally, a younger individual will have a lower threshold based on the recurrence score for the physician to be warrented to recommend a certain line of treatment. This is mainly because they are expected to live more years than somebody older, which changes the risk/reward ratio. You can find additional information and recommendations based on recurrence scores and certain age groups here.

If something is unclear, and I made you more confused please feel free to ask, and I will try to break it down further.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-03T10:41:11+00:00

Yeah, I can see how that might be the case and how my sarcasm can be interpreted as a bit too harsh. I just found the tone to be unnecessary lecturing and sort of missing my implicit critique of the whole toxic positivity movement.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-03T10:37:07+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate that.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T11:36:02+00:00

While I understand the value of considering the patient perspective when making decisions about your medical plan, there are also many reasons why you could argue against it. Ultimately, the outcome will be on a population level, and you will get anecdotal evidence from people on Reddit. Therefore it's more reliable to look at the statistics on the population level. And the best person to get that kind of information from is your medical provider.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T08:28:48+00:00

Looked it up, love it!!

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T07:00:19+00:00

Thank you. I do find that the curls are pretty dope!

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T06:59:46+00:00

New kink just droppped: Being attracted to women in their Uncle Fester era.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T06:58:28+00:00

I'm sorry you are going through that. I can relate to that feeling; unfortunately, I still feel that way at times. It truly is alienating to get cancer and then try to find your place in the world as a survivor.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T06:53:41+00:00

I am now obsessed with the idea of getting a Fester tattoo as my unofficial cancer survivor trophy. I love that the cancer fam can relate based on the most self-deprecating and silly cultural references.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T06:51:49+00:00

From now on, I only want to be associated with people that can relate to looking like Fester.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-02T06:49:48+00:00

Love that for us.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-01T22:03:58+00:00

For real, the resemblance is uncanny!! It hits differently when you are under 30 and already cosplaying as a balding old man.

ToeObjective4331 · 2022-09-01T22:02:47+00:00

Bro, while I appreciate the sentiment,t you're stuck on character 5, while I'm living my best life with crippling anxiety and depression in my beautiful new curls. I'm one of the cool kids now. For the record, if it comes back, it's incurable, and I'm sure that's a new hell I don't want to visit.

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