Triple Negative Breast Cancer with ulceration wound

Hello,

I have posted on her previously about my mum's case and just thought I'd share an update for someone who is looking up on this condition and can hear someone else's story, in the hope I can help someone. 

Please refer to my previous posts about her condition for more details but she's 56 and has triple negative breast cancer with an ulceration fungating breast wound. 

This never got staged however this has been told to me it resembles locally advanced (likely stage 3) as her CT scan came back as not spread beyond the breast. 1 Lymph node in the armpit affected and it has not invaded the chest wall, it is only exclusive to the breast area.

Due to having a wound it would not be appropriate to do any radiotherapy so chemotherapy weekly was chosen for 12 sessions along with several other rounds of drugs. 

She currently has undergone about 4 sessions of chemotherapy so far and I am overwhelmed on how much it has improved.

She hasn't had any CT scan updates as of yet as she's only just started treatment and the recent CT scan at the start of treatment showed no sign of spread. However, the tumor inside her breast has shrunken visually to almost non existent (it was previously huge) and the wound itself has stunted many symptoms such as leakage, bleeding etc and visually looks inactive, it has shrunken and changed in colour. Her energy has skyrocketed and her bloods are perfect. I knew that triple negative was very responsive to chemo but given the nature of her stage 3 , huge tumor with a rare wound I am taken back by the speed of recovery and can only hope and look forward to any further reductions in symptoms. This dramatic recovery has only happened in a mere few weeks and only 4 sessions of chemo in.

Our goal , as discussed with the consultant in my mum's case is complete cure, however this was looking difficult given the agressive nature at the start. I am now seeing a cure possible in sight , because at the start I wasn't so sure and was very worried. 

She is in overall good health and the chemo seems to be working a dream. I don't want a partial recovery, but as many cancer cells as possible at the end to be destroyed. I will not rest until this is hopefully achieved. Thanks for reading.