Hi.im 46 and I have recently been diagnosed with ILC , er8 pr8 her2 neg, oncotype 21. My oncologist explained im borderline with a 6/7% recurrence chance so chemotherapy is my choice. I said no the other day but now think I’m regretting it?? Any advice grateful x
Hi Twiggy123 and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022. Like you I was given the choice of whether to have chemotherapy or not and having chemotherapy only increased the chance of it not recurring by a few percentage points. Obviously it's entirely your choice, but I decided to have chemotherapy as I didn't want to wonder if it came back if it wouldn't have done if I'd had chemotherapy.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.
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 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.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
