Secon-guessing Adjuvant Chemo Decision

Hello, 

I was in your shoes for couple of hours :) I say this because in couple of hours I realised that I took the decision of choosing Carbo instead of surveillance alone was that i wanted to do everything in my power to kill off the the most chances possible of a recurrence!  

Of course there is a chance of secondary cancers caused by Carboplatin but those are not common at all so I don`t think worth the time thinking too much about this. 

I know you are fighting with yourself now so my opinion won`t help much in this help, but i tell you, you did a good choice! That 30% chance of recurrence could cause you loose more sleep, and the reduced chance of 3% could give you some ease on the long run! 

And also being through a cancer experience can put you in a different mindset where everything what seemed so sure before it doesn`t seem that sure now. This i realised the first months after being diagnosed. My mind was like a land after a hurricane but in few months I cleared it up by simply concentrating on the fact that I survived cancer! It was a roller-coaster! But in the end we are all lucky! We survived cancer!

Wishing you a lot of health! :) 

Regards,

  Huni

Thanks Huni

I do think that time will make a difference. This happening during the pandemic and lockdown has been a bit surreal and there hasn't been much to distract me.

I work with numbers in my job, and the initial decision seemed easy.  I think as this becomes a thing in my past and not my present I'll find myself just getting on with life.

Regards

G

Hi Gents, How are things now after your BEP? I am mid cycle and have the last two day cases of Bleo to go and I am apprehensive. I am going through the phase of 'have i made the correct decision'. Do you feel any symptoms? I have had tinnitus so far and I have had eye floaters - which are unusual, maybe its been sunny and my eyes have become more sensitive! Did your symptoms pass with time?

Hi

I had carboplatin not BEP. I got mild tinnitus which didn't really bother me. I got to a really good level of fitness about 7 months post chemo. But then I got my first Covid jab and it knocked me for six. Made my tinnitus 4 X worse and far more intrusive, and I had severe headaches for ten weeks.

I still have bad head days 6 months after the jab.

Hopefully you'll be able to make a full recovery after your chemo, even if the tinnitus ends up being permanent.

Best wishes

G