I never thought this would happen to me. My mother got breast cancer at 53 (supposedly post-menopausal -which means non-genetic). She had a masectomy, lymph nodes removed, radiation, chemo & stem cell transplant. It was horrific! I wasn't there for the day to day since I live so far away but when I was there. I wanted to cry, scream & run away.
She fought the cancer & was in remission for 3 years. That's 8 years total...cancer free. (Have to be 5 years without cancer before you're considered in remission). Then they found brain tumors. Her cancer metastized to her brain. She of course had them removed. Now her short-term memory is shot but she's still with us. She's had a lot of other problems...infections, seizures, etc.
Bottom line...I hate my genes. Hopefully we caught my cancer early enough that I don't have to go through everything she did.
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