Were we lucky with this cancer?

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago. She had a mastectomy, and was on a preventing drug. The doctors said she had less than a 0.1% chance of getting a reoccurance. Well, she did. Doctors are baffled. She gets a lumpectomy. Has chemo+radiation. Loses all of her hair. I shave my head too, even though I am a girl, I don't care. She has hysterectomy too. Life is very hard, i go into depression. i got kicked out of school for a few days because they thought i was suicidal. My principal of middle school helped me get through it, and i told 2 of my best science teachers what was going on and they said they'd do anything to help me. And now my mom is a survivor of breast cancer-shes happy, spontaneous...and healthy. My ways changed, and I'm [almost] healthy and happy too.

So after my short story of the past few years. Do you think we've been lucky? Or is it just that we're religious-we pray and have had many helping hands along the way?

Breast cancer is extremely unpredictable, and can return at any time, even years later and even in someone who had a good prognosis like your mum.

That's why doctors will never tell someone who has had breast cancer that they are cured, or all-clear. The phrase they usually use is no evidence of disease (NED).

I'd say your mum was unlucky to get a recurrence but very lucky to be so healthy and happy now.

I'm sorry you've had such a hard time; I have had cancer and I've watched people I love go through it, and it can be so much harder to watch than to go through. And harder for you because you're young. I wish you and your mum all the best.

Lil Miss you are wrong; in the UK, where I live, an average of 33 women die of breast cancer EVERY DAY. I don't have the statistics for America, but the percentage is similar.

well heaps of people survive breast cancer...there arent many cases where ppl die. it was bad luck that ur mum had a relapse. but as long as u guys r ok now, then just live to the max n try to think about it as little as possible. its all about karma with these things.

Luck? I don't know , you and your mom have been through quite a harrowing experience and all I know is that you are both tough women . I commend you for saying what you did on here and maybe someone else will get the help they need to get through a similar issue in there life.

Good job and good luck to you and your mom