Hi I am struggling with making decisions but of background, I am 59 and been diagnosed with breast cancer. I have had surgery and got clear margins with no lymph node involvement. Consultant thoug HR radio and hormone blockers but because it is private they sent it off to America for a Oncotype score. If nhs apparently wouldn’t have been sent. It’s grade 2, 2cm hr/pr positive and her2 negative. Score came back at 29 cut off 25. So chemo recommended. Here’s the dilemma, I suffer with severe anxiety depression and can’t sleep or eat with anxiety, after surgery I ended up in an and e with dehydration and exhaustion. Has anyone decided not to do chemo, the percentages are not massive and it could still come back but worried if I don’t try am I going to regret it but then effects on mental health need to be taken into consideration. Please help me make decision it’s all I can think about
Hi YE1967
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I know how difficult it can feel making treatment decisions.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have the same type of cancer as you and will be able to share their experiences of making treatment decisions.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and proposed treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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