Had a surprising call from Onco today, still in shock really, I mentioned I had some neuropathy in my fingers last week, but better now, he said there is a chance this can be permanent and also mentioned that my ct scan showed I have a fracture in my spine that may, or may not be caused by chemo, or osteoporosis, or from the psoriatic arthritis I have had for years, but wasn't there in my Jan scan, so it's new, and that he now recommends stopping chemo, after 10 out of 12 completed, still to have 15 x radiotherapy treatments, then I will be started on letrozole and calcium, vit d, plus bone infusions, and also the new drug treatment that has recently been approved. looking on Google it does say chemo can cause fracture of bones, never heard anyone on here mention this!
not in any pain in spine so I was very surprised.
I think overall its good news as the new drug cuts the chance of reoccurrence of the cancer I had to just 6 per cent. I had mixed lobular/ductal 3.1 cm tumour right near chest wall, 5 of 11 nodes infected. he said 4 or more nodes and you can have the new drug. Had lumpectomy in Dec last year, followed by 6 months of chemo which I must admit I've had enough of but was determined to see it through.
lots to take in. hope everyone is doing well xx
