Breast cancer

From: GA12L@aol.com
Fri Oct 28 03:19:24 2005


My mother had a mamogram in January this year which was clear. End of May she found a thickening of the skin and went to see GP. She then had another mamogram and a biospy that revealed invasive lobular breast cancer. She had a mastectomy they took 8 lymph nodes and found cancer in the first 4 but not in the last 4. She's now having 6 sessions of chemo (she's now had 4 as of yesterday) she will then have 4 weeks of radiotherapy and then arimidex for 5 years.

What I want to know is why didn't the mamogram pick the cancer up in January or is it possible for it to have developed and grow so big in 5 months?

Her white cells are now 2.2 will she be able to complete her last 2 courses of chemo?

What is the difference between Tamoxifen and Arimidex?

Will my mum be okay?

Thanks,

Gail





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