karmarat

All clear at last scans! 14 nodes removed during mastectomy, only 1 positive. So far so good, my first clear scan was just a few weeks ago- right after my first cancer anniversary.

Nobody cares about the back issue, one of my dearest friends is a OT and she told me I should be "fine" and that it was in no way disabling. Now that I've been out of chemo for a few months, my boyfriend wants me to look for work and I've been determined too healthy for disability.

Can you tell I'm struggling a little emotionally? Ha! It could always be worse, and I am so incredibly grateful it isn't.

How are you emotionally? I know being bed-ridden can make anyone go a little nuts, let alone the trauma of a massive car accident.

Woah, hi! I was diagnosed with Stage III TNBC four years after my own spinal fusion. Now Stage IIb, NED at last scan. I feel as if the pre-existing condition of the spinal fusion presented, and may continue to, a fair amount of issues for me. Already in a large amount of pain on a daily basis, I found my eight months of chemo, and multiple surgeries including bilateral mastectomy, to be utterly draining. I would love to talk with you, and OP more, since there is that similarity of cancer/fusion.

Did they give you any donor bone? I somehow didn't realize they had used some in my back until a few years later. Bit trippy.

My surgeon told me at one point while I was still in the hospital, that something like 70% of people with my exact injury never walk again. I hated him for telling me that! How terrifying. I walk just fine, thank you very much, man! I'm sure he was actually just pointing out what a wonderful job he did.

I have a posterior fusion of the T10-L2 due to a traumatic burst fracture of T12. I was the careless asshole in my story, although not driving. (I never risk anyone but myself, and luckily even those days seem over.) Four years after my injury/fusion surgery, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Handling that with the complications of my back "problems' has been incredibly difficult, but manageable. I definitely am excited to see this!