Hello,
I was interested in the thread refuse mop up chemo and radiotherapy but a lot of it was so old and it didn't really fit my case so here's a new angle.
I had my chemo - 8 cycles of FEC-T starting from March. Two weeks ago I had a mastectomy and lymph nodes removal. I got the results of the microscope check yesterday. The cancer has gone from the lymph nodes - just two out of the 21 had scarring, so that is good. The tumour had embedded into my skin and the new blood vessels around it which fed it showed cancer cells. Obviously with a mastectomy it has been cleared away.
They now want me to do more cycles of chemo and a course of radiotherapy. I don't want to do the chemo and neither does my husband. We both found it hard through the last six months. They will still give me the radiotherapy and support me. We see the oncologist on Friday to discuss it and find out exactly what both entail.
Has anyone had this scenario before and what did you decide to do, please?
Thank you xx
Hi floss b
How did your appointment with the oncologist go yesterday? Hopefully, it helped you make an informed decision.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
I don't have any experience with chemotherapy as the type of cancer I had doesn't respond to it. If you're still thinking about whether to have chemotherapy or not you could post on the breast cancer group's chemotherapy thread and see what others have done. Clicking on the link will take you straight there if you wanted to.
Could you start the chemotherapy and then, if you get a bad reaction, stop? I think if you decide to not follow your consultant's advice you just need to be comfortable in your decision if it turns out to be the wrong one, if you understand what I'm trying to say!
All the best with whatever you choose to do.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
