Hello everyone!
I got diagnosed with breast cancer in May and had surgery in July. I was told that chemo will make a marginal difference in the outcome...
I feel guilty not having it and not doing everything I can but also it only gives me 1% increase of survival in 5 years!
Is anyone in a similar dilemma?
Thanks
Hi Noemi and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
Making treatment decisions can be difficult but the thing to remember is that whatever you decide it was the right decision for you when you made it and there's no point feeling guilty.
I too had to make that decision after successful surgery for triple negative breast cancer. I decided to have chemo as I wanted to make sure that I'd done everything I could to stop it coming back.
As the online community is divided up into different support groups I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer group as that will give you the chance to connect directly with others who may have had to make the same decision.
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 treatment so far 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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