Sheryl Crow has breast cancer

[Adventure Girl]

From Sheryl Crow's website:

Sheryl Crow underwent successful minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer on Wednesday February 22nd. Her doctors confirm her prognosis as excellent and she will receive radiation treatment as a precaution.

[tprevost]

:( I hate to hear news like this, I really like her. Thank you for letting us know. I am glad to hear that the prognosis is so positive.

Tracy

[slinkedog]

Oh, I hope she recovers quickly amd easily. My sister in law had a nasty bout with breast cancer and it was a long, hard road. She is now almost 7 years since diagnosis and remains cancer-free.

[Pax]

That just stinks. :( I hope she kicks is in first round of treatment.

[margo49]

Breast cancer is a plague!

May she join our ranks as a Sister and Survivor.

Nice of us all to refrain from comments about her ex. But I bet we are all thinking similarly

Me, I'm looking for a new signature in the meantime...

[snapdragen]

Now, now, let's not turn this into a Lance bash. She even suggests people with questions about cancer go to contact the LAF group.

It sounds like they caught is very early - describing the surgery as minimally invasive. Lumpectomy maybe?

[RoadRaven]

arggh... breast cancer is one of those things you wish would just disappear, but it keeps on popping up regardless...

Glad to hear she is one of the lucky ones with the initial prognosis so good.

Will keep her in my thoughts and trust the cancer stays well-gone...

[allabouteva]

Breast cancer is a plague!



I can't agree with you more, margo49. I don't remember breast cancer being so common when I was a young girl. It seems nowadays, that everyone knows someone near and dear who is going through it, or has survived it.

The good news of course is that there is excellent treatment, and prognosis is very positive for those who discover it in the early stages.

[snapdragen]

I wonder if breast cancer being so common is just because they can catch it so much sooner. A woman I work with was diagnosed with a spot so tiny. Pretty much at Stage 0 on the bc scale.

[Fuji Girl]

Does anyone know exactly what she had? The articles I've read are not very specific, so it makes me think she had DCIS, especially since it sounds like she had a lumpectomy and is going to undergo adjuvant chemo.

I feel bad for her, any kind of cancer is no fun at all.

[massbikebabe]

When will it end??????

I am sorry for Sheryl, and consider myself a fan. I hope her illness sparks other fans to go and get that all important mammo!!!

Sheryl if your lurking...you go girl!





karen

[Technotart]

Another reason cancer seems more common - people are more willing to talk about it and it garners more media attention. Thank goodness for that. Earlier detection is probably a factor too though.

My best wishes to her for a full recovery.

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[Nanci]

Whoa, those are some intense quotes with your signature!

Nanci

[Selkie]

Back when I was growing up, you rarely heard about breast cancer. I don't know if it was because it was a "woman's" disease that affected female parts and those were more prudish times, relatively speaking. It would be interesting to research and see if the rates or higher, or they are catching it earlier before it spreads elsewhere. In the 70s, the only person whom I knew who had it was one of the neighborhood moms, and unfortunately, she died after a long battle with it, leaving behind two young sons.
At work, several ladies have had breast cancer recently and my mother-in-law died from it a couple years ago. I also lost a work friend who had a terrible time w/it (surgery, lost a breast, chemo, radiation, but it still came back). She was very vivacious---a "young" 62 years old, active, took great care of herself, full of energy.
Poor Sheryl Crow is having a bad year. She called off her wedding and now this. I hope she gets through her treatment well and becomes one of those "ladies in pink" survivors who live long, happy lives. What a brave group--I love seeing them at the Race for the Cure. Puts it all into perspective, doesn't it?

[Nanci]

Perhaps you'd like to change your signature to my favorite Lance quote: "Pain is weakness leaving your body." It's kind of appropriate for a lot of things.

Nanci

[Crankin]

"Pain is weakness leaving the body," is a Marine Corps saying.
Learned this from my son, who is a marine and a former Cat 3 racer...

[margo49]

Thanks for the thought, Nanci
while it is a good one-liner; I think it gives pain altogether too much credit/recognition/power