Hi I had a mastectomy 3 weeks ago grade 3, no cancer in my lymph nodes, am unsure if I will have chemotherapy, they gave me a life estimate of getting up to 10 years with chemotherapy at 77% without 70 % they are close together and I don't have can

I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 and was offered chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment as one lymph node has a micro amount of cancer cells in it. The choice of whether to have chemo or not can be difficult but I wanted to do all I could to prevent the cancer coming back so went ahead. 

I consider myself lucky that, except for losing my hair, I had hardly any side effects from chemo. You could always start it and see how you get on and stop if you find it too much.

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.