Breast Cancer?

539>My girlfriend said she has breast cancer, I think she is joking but she say;s she isn't...





I need to know... can breast cancer kill? She is 19...





I don't know much about it.
Reply:i hope she isn't joking if she is and one day her or a member of her family falls prey to this cruel disease i just can't imagine how she will feel.i had a mastectomy 3 years ago due to breast cancer and it's no laughing matter, but someone must have been with her to all the appointments which are never ending and something that you can't cope with out someone to support you, ie. lump doctor, hospital consultant, mamogram, scan, biopsy, and the list goes on surely you would have been aware of all this going on. i pray that she hasn't got it and it does sound a bit odd, if she has give her support and boy will need it! if she hasn't?? need i say more!
Reply:well its a sick joke if she is joking......just lost my mother to breast cancer and its no joke,if she is joking she is really sick and i dont mean breast cancer
Reply:sick joke if she is joking. 19 is very young to have breast cancer. breast cancer can kill , but treated in time, has a good success rate.
Reply:The short answer is yes, it can kill. In my opinion breast cancer in it's earlier stages is best handled with surgery, chemo, and radiation therapies. However if the cancer is of an extremely malignant variety it can still mets, or spread, to other areas of the body rendering it uncontrollable in some cases. That is no true of all cases, each case and each patient is different, no two cancers are the same.
Reply:I hope she isn't kidding----but it is rare at that age.





Of course it can be fatal. All forms of cancer are potentially fatal. I've had breast cancer---7 years ago. I had to go through 3 rounds of chemo before I was determined "cancer-free."





If she is kidding---trying to get attention, you should let her go. You don't tell people that you have cancer if you don't.
Reply:you can get breast cancer at any age.
Reply:If she is joking then she is not a nice person to be with, cancer is not a thing to joke about as yes it can kill. Anyway 19 is very young age to have breast cancer, is she just assuming or has she been to the doctors? I had a lump in my breast when i was 18 but the doctors were not really worried as i was young and the breast are still developing and changing at that age. I suggest you ask her if you can go to the doctors with her to sort this out and if she is lying then she will probably tell you, and i suggest you get out of that relationship, but if she isn't then support her.
Reply:I'm giving you a link to help you get more acquainted with the fact that "breast cancer" is very complicated.


First . . . you need to know what the specific diagnosis is....what kind of cancer is it, what stage? etc., and what her next step treatment options are AND what the long range outlook is.


All cancer is unique to each individual and each step she takes to know more of the type and stage that she has, the more she will learn about the nature of her particular cancer and have to make decisions about how to go about treating it.





STAGING tells her right away how advanced or how early the cancer was discovered and dictates what the next step options are based on what kind of cancer she has and if it is aggressive or not.





Lymph nodes (in the arm pit) must be investigated in a surgery event to ascertain whether or not the cancer has metastasized (moved from the original site of growth). If the cancer is still in its original site, radiation to the immediate site is the next step. If she shows cancer cells in the lymph nodes indicating that the cancer is spreading, she will need chemotherapy.


It all depends on her particular type of cancer and how she decides to treat it.


And, yes, cancer is a disease that kills. Age has nothing to do with the disease and its destructive powers. That's why catching it early and being aggressive in treating it, is so crucial.
Reply:rare at her age, but she may well be telling you the truth. if caught early she will be fine.
Reply:i dont really know but check out this site, it seems to have some useful breast cancer information http://www.ockbar.com/breast-cancer.html
Reply:Young girls breasts can naturally feel lumpy. Maybe this is what she is feeling and jumping to a huge wrong conclusion.


Shes only nineteen, so although its unlikely ,it needs to be checked out.


If she hasnt seen a doctor, get her to make an appointment and go with her.
Reply:Yes, it's possible, ask for biopsy report if you are in doubt, go to MD w/her. Ask questions of the MD. Be prepared to be very supportive or not. More than anything be honest about your feelings (which are usually very confised upon 1st hearing about such dxns )The younger you are diagnosed the lower overall survival rate, most complications.