Just had a biopsy of an area the oncologists thought was suspicious. Won't know the result for a week or so. Just wondering how many of us suffer with other serious issues.
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Hi mercadies25
Originally posted by mercadies25 View PostJust had a biopsy of an area the oncologists thought was suspicious. Won't know the result for a week or so.
Originally posted by mercadies25 View PostJust wondering how many of us suffer with other serious issues.
But I do know that things can (and often do) change in a hot minute.
Wishing you the best.
Take CarePPMS for 26 years (dx 1998)
~ Worrying will not take away tomorrow's troubles ~ But it will take away today's peace. ~
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Originally posted by mercadies25 View PostThanks been very helpful! I can't and won't do MS and cancer. Again so much discussed but no info on this. 😢
The most recent articles that I have found suggest no increased risk of cancer in persons with MS.
Decreased prevalence of cancer in patients with multiple sclerosis: A case-control study
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ar...l.pone.0188120
Decreased risk of cancer in multiple sclerosis patients and analysis of the effect of disease modifying therapies on cancer risk
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...640?via%3Dihub
Lifetime Cancer Risk Lower in MS Patients Than General Public, Study Reports
https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.c...ents-in-study/
Take CarePPMS for 26 years (dx 1998)
~ Worrying will not take away tomorrow's troubles ~ But it will take away today's peace. ~
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One would think a MS diagnosis would be sufficient to earn us a free pass on other ailments? Unfortunately not but I hope all is well and this is just a false alarm. Please keep us posted.He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
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I had cancer
I had breast cancer one year before my dx for MS though I know I had MS for many years before that. My cancer was taken care of and I did not need a mastectomy or chemo. I am doing fine now but have had a few cancer scares since then that turned out to be NOT cancer.
Good luck with your oncologist and don't lose hope.
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I had stage IIIb lung cancer in 1996, treated with chemo & radiation, followed by a metastasis to the brain in 1998, treated with resection & focused ('cyber-knife') radiation. In late 2009 (Thanksgiving Day) I had my first MS sx (paresthesia in my foot).
Just for fun (ha!), I had another lung cancer in 2016 (treated with resection of the lower right lobe & chemo) that has since metastasized to locations in both lungs. There hasn't been any obvious change in my MS, even though I also stopped using Copaxone this past summer.
A few of my doctors have said that they think the MS was 'triggered' by the first cancer and/or the treatment (chemo, radiation)...1st sx 11/26/09; Copaxone from 12/1/11 to 7/13/18
NOT ALL SX ARE MS!
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Originally posted by MarkLavelle View PostI had stage IIIb lung cancer in 1996, treated with chemo & radiation, followed by a metastasis to the brain in 1998, treated with resection & focused ('cyber-knife') radiation. In late 2009 (Thanksgiving Day) I had my first MS sx (paresthesia in my foot).
Just for fun (ha!), I had another lung cancer in 2016 (treated with resection of the lower right lobe & chemo) that has since metastasized to locations in both lungs. There hasn't been any obvious change in my MS, even though I also stopped using Copaxone this past summer.
A few of my doctors have said that they think the MS was 'triggered' by the first cancer and/or the treatment (chemo, radiation)...DIAGNOSED=2012
ISSUES LONG BEFORE
REBIF 1 YEAR
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Originally posted by MarkLavelle View PostI had stage IIIb lung cancer in 1996, treated with chemo & radiation, followed by a metastasis to the brain in 1998, treated with resection & focused ('cyber-knife') radiation. In late 2009 (Thanksgiving Day) I had my first MS sx (paresthesia in my foot).
Just for fun (ha!), I had another lung cancer in 2016 (treated with resection of the lower right lobe & chemo) that has since metastasized to locations in both lungs. There hasn't been any obvious change in my MS, even though I also stopped using Copaxone this past summer.
A few of my doctors have said that they think the MS was 'triggered' by the first cancer and/or the treatment (chemo, radiation)...
I always pray that should I ever need strength, that I can draw on the strength of my parents and grandparents, part of the WW1 and WWII generation. They lived and thrived thru so much. I may have to add you to that list.
God bless.Kathy
DX 01/06, currently on Tysabri
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Originally posted by mercadies25 View PostWow! I just don't understand how you do it. I've already decided Im not going through any treatments. I'm just done with all this crap. You are way stronger than I am! Thank you for sharing.Kathy
DX 01/06, currently on Tysabri
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