Cuti sekolah starts today. Last nite spend the nite dkt sini sbb early in the morning kena hantar Xpin pi airport. Ptg ni pulak will go to KLIA again.. hantar Mami A gi umrah. Bravo girl!!! Good for you. Dah tu tomorrow morning kena gi KL sentral pulak nak 'pick-up' my youngest sis and my cousins, 5 of them!!, yg akan sampai dlm pukul 7.30 pagi. Cuti baru nak start but dah start busy dah...
Mcm ni la kalau dah jadi homemaker nih, cuti sekolah aje busy... busy.. busy...
Gotta catch up with my sleep.. ngantuks...
Stages of breast CA
Stage 0
This stage is used to describe non-invasive breast cancer. There is no evidence of cancer cells breaking through to or invading neighboring normal tissue.
Stage I
This stage describes invasive breast cancer (cancer cells are breaking through to or invading neighboring normal tissue) in which
The tumor measures up to two centimeters, AND
No lymph nodes are involved.
Stage II
This stage describes invasive breast cancer in which:
The tumor measures at least two centimeters, but not more than five centimeters, OR
Cancer has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm on the same side as the breast cancer. Affected lymph nodes have not yet stuck to one another or to the surrounding tissues, a sign that the cancer has not yet advanced to stage III. (The tumor in the breast can be any size.)
Stage III
Stage III is divided into subcategories known as IIIA and IIIB.
Stage IIIA
This stage describes invasive breast cancer in which:
The tumor measures larger than five centimeters, OR
The tumor has spread to lymph nodes, and nodes are clumping or sticking to one another or surrounding tissue.
Stage IIIB
This stage describes invasive breast cancer in which a tumor of any size has spread to the breast skin, chest wall, or internal mammary lymph nodes (located beneath the breast inside the chest)—and includes inflammatory breast cancer.
Inflammatory breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer is a very uncommon but very serious, aggressive type of breast cancer that is considered stage IIIB. The most distinguishing feature of inflammatory breast cancer is redness involving part or all of the breast. The redness feels warm. You may see puffiness of the breast's skin that looks like the peel of a navel orange ("peau d'orange"), or even ridges, welts, or hives. And part or all of the breast may be enlarged and hard. Inflammatory breast cancer is sometimes misdiagnosed as a simple infection.
Stage IV
This stage includes invasive breast cancer in which a tumor has spread beyond the breast, underarm, and internal mammary lymph nodes. The tumor may have spread to the supraclavicular lymph nodes (nodes located at the base of the neck, above the collarbone), lungs, liver, bone, or brain.
Additional stage information:
You may also hear terms such as "early" or "earlier" stage, "later" or "advanced" stage breast cancer. Although these terms are not medically precise (they may be used differently by different doctors), here is a general idea of how they apply to the official staging system:
Early stage:
Stage 0
Stage I
Stage II
Later stage:
(stage II if there are many lymph nodes involved)
Stage III (IIIA, IIIB)
Advanced stage:
Stage IV
Mama N CA..
I remember, a year ago dlm bulan May jugak I was in Kubang Kerian. Teman my mom and dad with my two kids n sis. My mom was having difficulty to walk, so with a help of my good friend (TQ MCNA) we managed to set an appoinment dgn HUSM who said to have the best bone specialist in Malaysia. My mom was admitted at HUSM, buat 'total hip replacement' sbb her bone dah haus. what they did was.. they cut the bone (dlm circle merah) and replace dgn plastik similar to bone. It's not the hip yg dia tukar, but it was call 'total hip replacement' anyways.
My mom actually was diagnose with breast cancer in early 2001, when she suddenly notice that there's a 'lubang' (more like isi tenggelam) on her right breast. Being in the medical line, she's quite worried because any change in the look of ur breast may be a sign of breast cancer (CA). True enough, lps buat mamogram and biopsy, she had breast cancer.
An operation was done to remove the 'lump', and she had a series of radiotherapies. All that was done when I was pregnant with my first child. No wonder Balqis is sooo caring.
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