Comments on: Breast Cancer Recurrence — & Fear http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-recurrence-fear/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 10:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Pat http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-recurrence-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-16118 Pat Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:01:04 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=941#comment-16118 Kate, I'm so sorry about your recurrence. It is a very scary thing and often much harder to handle than even the original shocking diagnosis. But, there are a lot of us out there, even though the public is led to believe during the upcoming "pink month" that early detection will save everyone. There is an online very active community of women with metastatic breast cancer (bcmets.org), and you will find support & humor and a place to vent by visiting it or a number of other sites. Finding a compassionate and very competent oncologist that has a caring staff will make a huge difference in your life. I wish you all the best. Kate, I’m so sorry about your recurrence. It is a very scary thing and often much harder to handle than even the original shocking diagnosis. But, there are a lot of us out there, even though the public is led to believe during the upcoming “pink month” that early detection will save everyone.

There is an online very active community of women with metastatic breast cancer (bcmets.org), and you will find support & humor and a place to vent by visiting it or a number of other sites. Finding a compassionate and very competent oncologist that has a caring staff will make a huge difference in your life. I wish you all the best.

]]> By: Jeanne Frye, RN, CHPN http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-recurrence-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-15960 Jeanne Frye, RN, CHPN Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:22:33 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=941#comment-15960 Kate, a lot has changed in six years, both in research, survival and treatments available. Align yourself with an oncologist you feel comfortable with and look for a supportive palliative team This has nothing to do with Hospice!!! But is an adjunct physician (and staff) that includes looking at you as a whole person, not just a breast. It will include treating the physical, emotional and spiritual distress of your disease process. I wish you well. Kate, a lot has changed in six years, both in research, survival and treatments available. Align yourself with an oncologist you feel comfortable with and look for a supportive palliative team This has nothing to do with Hospice!!! But is an adjunct physician (and staff) that includes looking at you as a whole person, not just a breast. It will include treating the physical, emotional and spiritual distress of your disease process. I wish you well.

]]> By: Ilona http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-recurrence-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-15941 Ilona Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:43:10 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=941#comment-15941 My sympathies to Kate My sympathies to Kate

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