Hello there. Being diagnosed with breast cancer is a shock and life changes literally over night. So you try to process it, your life now literally in the hands of your breast surgeon and now for me my oncologist who I’m told is one of the best. What my breast surgeon thought initially was a grade 2 turned out to be a grade 3 following lymph node clearance. I’ve had 27 lymph nodes removed 8 positive. Another shock, I needed chemotherapy, 6 cycles of EC/T. Knowing I’m at risk of relapse chemotherapy will help, my mind only fixed on completing this aggressive and toxic treatment. Never once did it cross my mind it could actually kill me despite being told by my oncologist. However that’s exactly what nearly happened. Details on my profile. My oncologist now has recommended I stop treatment, ultimately it was my decision I was doomed if I did and doomed if I didn’t. Again my life in the hands of my oncologist, if he recommends I stop he wouldn’t if he didn’t have good reasons too, right? That decision has left me with an anxiety that is indescribable. This decision is eating me up mentally, and I’m asking if anyone has had this happen to them? I’m looking for reassurance and a way of reigniting a flame that has now burnt out completely. I’m due to start radiotherapy next month and have started Letrozole, but the decision to stop my chemotherapy knowing I’m a risk of relapse because of lymph node involvement I’m now at even greater risk despite only 1 cycle of EC/T and 3 cycles of Paclitaxel is tough on me mentally. Any ideas how to remain positive are greatly appreciated please. Thank you. Xx
Hi
I replied to your other post in this group yesterday and suggested that you joined and posted in the breast cancer group so that you'd connect directly with others in a similar situation to yourself. I wondered if you'd meant to post this there?
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Sorry I thought I did. Obviously finding it difficult to navigate round. Keep leaving messages and your the only one responding. Thank goodness. Not sure what I’m doing. 
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No problem. If you click on the link to the breast cancer group in my reply to you above you can then start a new post there.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
If you click on your username you'll see your profile and if you click on 'activity', once you're in your profile, you can see any posts you've created or responded to.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
