When do you start counting?!?

lgray3911
lgray3911 Member Posts: 207 ✭
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Hi All,
So was just wondering. When do you start counting so you can say “1 year clear etc...) is it 1 year from surgery or 1 year after you stop all treatment??

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  • Zoffiel
    Zoffiel Member Posts: 3,374 ✭
    I guess, technically, once the tumour is gone and the margins are clear you have no evidence of disease. Chemo and rads are ' just in case'. Or you  could start counting when you finish all your treatment. 

    I'm not game to count, this time. I feel like I'm holding my breath and I don't really want to keep track of how long I've been starved of oxygen.
  • DearB
    DearB Member Posts: 205 ✭
    @zoffiel. Hugs to you.      
  • primek
    primek Member Posts: 5,392 ✭
    I'm counting from surgery. But of course my aramatose inhibitor is for 5 years which was 6 months after that one chemo done. 
  • onemargie
    onemargie Member Posts: 1,264 ✭
    I was told to start after surgery as I had no lymph nodes involved my scans were all clear and As i had a mastectomy. Margie xx
  • Afraser
    Afraser Member Posts: 4,444 ✭
    My surgeon and oncologist certainly count from surgery. I assume if you had chemo first you would still count from surgery.

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