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hey there all linda bliss here you remember me?? i hope so  i told you i had bc in ‘99 stage 2 grade 3 had the chemo rads and all was NED until aug 2003 when discovered mets to upper mediastinal..been on femara since november 2003 when uh oh last month i started to have tummy pains and went back to onc who ordered ct scans and sonogram and guess what??  the darn cancer has now mets to lymph nodes in abdomen.  not a secondary thank god but from orig bc. had 6 weeks of intense rads march to may 2004 for upper mediastinal and now this crap. had surgery today to place port in cuz i am starting chemo friday once a week for 4 to 6 months of taxotere. ok so what does this all mean..this was NOT supposed to happen again to me darn it.  onc says 50% chance will go into remission.  good odds??? dont know but i am angry again anyone else have this??? thoughts???? frantic here love linda

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – hey there all linda bliss here you remember me?? i hope so  i told you i had bc in ‘99 stage 2 grade 3 had the chemo rads and all was NED until aug 2003 when discovered mets to upper mediastinal..been on femara since november 2003 when uh oh last month i started to have tummy pains and went back to onc who ordered ct scans and sonogram and guess what??  the darn cancer has now mets to lymph nodes in abdomen.  not a secondary thank god but from orig bc. had 6 weeks of intense rads march to may 2004 for upper mediastinal and now this crap. had surgery today to place port in cuz i am starting chemo friday once a week for 4 to 6 months of taxotere. ok so what does this all mean..this was NOT supposed to happen again to me darn it.  onc says 50% chance will go into remission.  good odds??? dont know but i am angry again anyone else have this??? thoughts???? frantic here love linda

Linda,     So sorry to hear you are going thru it, YET AGAIN!..I don’t know anything about mets not even my own, which I have. But, I’m wishing you all the best and 50% sounds pretty good to me…Pat From Apple VAlley, CA

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Linda, sorry to hear that you are having difficulty.  DARN!  No fun  I have had enlarged retroperitoneal nodes and an enlarged aortocaval node from the start–thats over 3 years.  By the way, um, can’t remember did you have lobular or ductal bc?  It is just as likely that lobular will metastasize to the abdomina/gastrointestinal area as anywhere else. Anyway…My best thoughts  and positive prayers are with you.  {{{Hugs}}}

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Hi Linda, I’m so very sorry to hear you are doing this yet again.  I don’t have a single constructive thing to contribute, except that I’m thinking of you and hoping and praying that your next chemo plays *&## on the cancer cells and that you have few (or no) side effects. Hugs. Barb

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