Start of Cancer treatment delayed

Hi

You have come to the right place for advice and support during this difficult time. I have found it invaluable and have made some lovely friends.

There are a number of ladies on this site that have had their chemotherapy/ radiotherapy / surgery cancelled or postponed until the coronavirus is over. I am waiting oncologist telephone consultation and dont expect my chemo to start for a while.  Also they may want to delay so your daughter has more time to recover from giving birth ( this is just a guess I'm no way medically trained). 

Perhaps you could suggest to your daughter to join us. Then she can get all the support and help she needs. She may find there are others in a similar position as herself who can help .

L x

Hi

  So sorry to read about your daughter being diagnosed with BC and just as she should be enjoying being a mum :-/   This Covid lock down has made a tough situation worse but hope you are getting some facetime chats together.

Is the surgery still going ahead, and it is only the chemo that has been put on hold ?  If this is the case then the surgery will remove the cancer, anything else is a follow up to reduce the risk of recurrence. It's just they sometimes give chemo prior to surgery to reduce the tumour down to lessen the impact of surgery.

As suggested it would be great if your daughter could also join up as there is a huge number of helping hands here to welcome and support her as no doubt she will have questions about treatment that can be more honestly answered by those who have been there and done that, rather than the more usual medical explanations.

Hope this is of some help at a worrying time, G n' J

Hello,

Try to reassure your daughter that once she has had the lumpectomy most surgeon's will tell you that the cancer has gone and follow up treatments are to prevent re occurrence.  I had a lumpectomy in November 2015. It is true my chemo started in January 2016 so about six weeks later. However, once it started I had lots of complications which resulted in delays between doses and in the end one had to cancelled all together. But I am here to tell you about it.....five years in October since it was found. 

I believe if the oncologist believed your daughter's situation required immediate treatment, a safe place would be found. Oncologist's are cancer specialists first, Covid19  doctors second..........

So I am sure your daughter's oncologist believes the safest option now for her and the new baby is to stay at home and trust that once the virus has been tackled and beaten back, her treatment for prevention can continue and she will still make a successful recovery. 

If she is lonely or in need of support  herself there is always someone on this thread who will chat with her. I am sure there will be some young mothers who found themselves in a similar position. There are plenty of 'oldies' too like myself. Breast cancer doesn't worry about age, race or sex so shared experiences might help reassure her.

I wish her well. Cyber hugs to you both.....as a mother of adult children I can empathise with you and the feelings you must have because you are unable to physically offer support to your daughter. But things are improving. I live in France and today we have been told that the numbers of new cases are diminishing. We are about a week in front of the UK i.e. it got here first.....so don't despair. There is an end in sight!

Love Karen 

Thank you Lindyloo...I think she will join..she's just getting her head around it all. X