I have 3c and had 12 of 23 lymph nodes show positive for cancer, I am wanting to know how long the survival rate is, all i have seen are 5 year statistics after chemo and rad. I am 51 and dont know if I need to start getting important info together for my family, which I know should have been done long ago. And wouldn't a full body scan show better results than an MRI, which didn't show my lymph nodes, nor the sonogram. So I only was told probably stage 1 with + prs. Good cancer is what onco… read more
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Hi! Stage 3 with 12 of 16 positive nodes....i have been around 6 years since diagnosed...not sure if I will ever feel good again but press on as I am a single mom...
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