I saw my oncologist last week to discuss my treatment after surgery, i was offered chemo and said i would think about it.
this is the second time i have had breast cancer the first time was eleven years ago, i had chemo then to shrink the tumour to save my breast and had a wide local exsision and then went on to have nine years of tamoxifen. this time i have had a mastctomy (same breast) and a reconstruction,my nodes were clear and it was a grade two eastrogen receptive, i will be having another blood test to check my hormone levels next week then see him the following week. i have to decide wether to have chemo or not he says i dont have to and i dont relish the thought of all the side effects again it only increases my chances by five percent over ten years i will have to have hormone therapy wich will be bad enough i dont think i can go through the chemo again if i dont have to. i have had so many problems over the last few years because of the last lot i am inclined to take my chances. i am 50 this year and this disease has allready had a good few years of my life i just want to be as normal as possible for as long as possible. You know what i mean? Any advice would be appreciated Jen
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I'm starting chemo again on Friday - last lot finished at the end of March last year. I know I have spread to lungs and liver from ovarian. I would rather not have chemo - but it is my only chance of having a few more years so I'm willing to put up with the side effects even though I've been told that I will never have as long wihtout chemo again.
I've just finished chemo for ovarian cancer, and have just had a clear scan. Chemo was horrible, but it worked for me. I have been told that my cancer will be back at some stage, and that I will be offered treatment again - and again, and again. I suppose there will come a point when my body says that enough is enough, but at the moment I am determined to take every chance I'm offered.
Just to say good luck with it all. I am new to this site and my Mum has been diagnosed with breast cancer and just undergone the mastectomy and lymph node removal. Not sure how old you are but you seem a very very brave lady. My Mum has this dreadful cough more so at night and is suffering from breathlessness too. We go along to see the oncologist on Monday next week and I'm petrified. Unlike people on this site, I'm too afraid to ask the consultant anything - what a disease this is. My Mum is 76 and it looks like radiotherapy and hormone tablets. Sorry to offload my troubles over - particularly because of what you're going through - will think of you. Very best wishes Sandy
