Surgery after TCHP chemo

Hi RumCat.  Sorry you are facing uncertainty about your surgery date.  Well done for finishing the chemo.  I have just started TCHP.  It does not appear to be common.  Glad you had good results.  Hope you get notified soon of your surgery.  I will be having mastectomy at the end of chemo.  Best wishes

Thanks for responding so quickly. Good luck with your TCHP. I didn’t find it too bad except for the exhaustion towards the end of the sessions 4 and 5.

i have only wanted to focus on what’s coming next, hence a need for a date. Radiotherapy will come after the op but haven’t even thought about what that entails. I’m scared of the complete axillary node clearance. What if  I get cording or lymphedema.

xx

Hi there RumCat,

my daughter is also HER 2+  with lymph node involved and has just had TCHP treatment 4 out of 6. 

She has been told her surgery will be about 4 weeks after chemo so expects to have a scan and meet with her surgeon between cycle 5 and 6 to schedule her surgery. 

Hope this helps

Sue 

Thank you. That’s what I thought would happen!  I feel I was forgotten. 

Appointment with surgeon on 23rd. Herceptin injection 24th. No date for surgery but told likely to be mid May! Feeling really down as I can’t plan. The likelihood is that I will have to be booked in for another scan too that may delay things.

sheila x