Hi I'm Issy
I've just had my 3 rd breast cancer surgery
2016 Lumpectomy
2023 Bilateral Mastectomy
2025 Wide excise incision - cancer moved to chest wall
Advised to have radiotherapy and hormone treatment - estrogen receptive.
The problem I am having is that at 74 I've lived with mod/severe M.E. for 43 yrs and am mostly housebound.
I live alone.
Apart from the actual treatment it is a 60 mile round trip to the nearest hospital ( Salford) I have left the house 3x since Christmas, just to the hospital.
This actually scares me more than the double mastectomy! I'm afraidthe treatment will make my illness and disability worse.
Then there is the hormone treatment. I have already been on it twice and had to come off each one after several weeks as they were multiplying M.E. symptoms.
I'd be grateful to hear if any of you have had experience of this or advice ... I've been living a day at a time for many years but this decision has thrown me!
I see the radiologist on Wednesday x
