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by RobSilvansson
Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:34 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi there. Just an update: after the surgery (axillary lymph node dissection), a rougher recovery than expected (because of an infection) and further testing (since the beginning she had two mammographs, three ultrasounds, one mri, one CT scan and one PET scan...) the diagnosis of occult breast carci...
by RobSilvansson
Sun May 28, 2017 11:29 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Thanks for your support, such an inspirational story! Surgery will be in two days (Tuesday), I'm trying to hope for the best. Hugs to your super strong mom. Hi. My mom was diagnosed in may 2011 with stage 4 colon cancer and in may 2012 stage 1 breast cancer. She is NED with breast and over 16 months...
by RobSilvansson
Sat May 06, 2017 5:18 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi there, just a quick update: after a looong (and stressful!) period of additional testings the diagnosis of second primary cancer is confirmed. It's an occult breast carcinoma (meaning it has metastasized to the axillary lymph nodes but is not visible in the breast by any scan... very rare but hap...
by RobSilvansson
Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:27 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi Rob Unfortunately, it's not that uncommon to have different cancers hit the same person. I'm 51 and had breast cancer at 44 and was more recently diagnosed with rectal cancer. I just had surgery a week ago, and my hospital 'roommate' (aged 52) had a mastectomy for a recurrence of breast cancer, ...
by RobSilvansson
Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:17 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi Rob, I can relate to you as the onc suspected my mum had some malignant nodules in her breast because they showed up in the scans, but then after more ultrasound and rays they happened to be benign. All this is a rollercoaster and what I can advise you to help her is good nutrition, be positive,...
by RobSilvansson
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:58 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Seven years NED this week
Replies: 20
Views: 4765

Re: Seven years NED this week

Well folks thought I would drop by and check in and say I am still here. All you people that are just diagnosed I am proof you can come out the other side of this thing and I assure you NOBODY thought I would be seeing 2017 when I was diagnosed in 2009. Take it from me, being stopped in the halls o...
by RobSilvansson
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:52 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

It sounds like your mom has Ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer. This type of cancer forms in the lining of a milk duct within your breast. The ducts carry breast milk from the lobules, where it's made, to the nipple. Ductal carcinoma can remain within the ducts as a noninvasi...
by RobSilvansson
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:50 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Today we went to an endocrinologist to check some nodules that were found (as if it wasn't enough!) on her thyroid during the last ultrasound done to assess the breast lump, Of course my anxiety level rose up again to the max, and I was so afraid those could be mets from breast (I know it's rare but...
by RobSilvansson
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:38 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

I'm so sorry you and your mom are going through this. There is another poster on here who had breast cancer with a double mastectomy, then malenoma later that year and then a colorectal cancer diagnosis about a year after the breast cancer diagnosis. It's been about 3 years and she is doing well. Y...
by RobSilvansson
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:13 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi Roberto: Welcome to the forum. I am sorry you and your mother are going through this. I was diagnosed with prostate and colon cancer five years apart, so I have an idea of what you're going through, although I know, no one does. What was your mother's treatment for the colon cancer, and how is s...
by RobSilvansson
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

Re: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi, Roberto. Your mom's story is similar to my mom's - colon cancer in 2013 and breast cancer in 2015. I understand your feelings. Hopefully, your mom's cancer is cautght early. If she is 69, she might have hormonal therapy only (if her cancer is hormone positive). I hope she goes through treatment...
by RobSilvansson
Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:02 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)
Replies: 20
Views: 6197

New and freaked out for my mom (double cancer)

Hi there, my name is Roberto and I'm 36 from Rome, Italy. I've been reading this forum for years now, since my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014 (a low risk stage 2 found during screening at age 69), and I think it's a great place with great people and a lot of useful infos. I decided to j...

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