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kazza4450
11 years agoMember
Help...I'm so confused :) Chemo or no to chemo??
Hi to all
Still plodding along this end. Today I met with the oncology unit.
I'm so confused now. They have said my case is border line, but both the head oncologist and her team member who saw m...
mona63
11 years agoMember
Hi there I had a bit of a different experience: when my privat breast surgeon gave me my results she said her oncologist colleagues had all recommended chemo. I felt ill witha sense of dread and later she strongly recommended I go to see an oncologist who was a bit out of my way. And he said no I don't recommend chemo: overused in my case and surgery and hormonal treatment were really key aspects but might as well add a bit of radiation as well. Instantly it felt right for me to do this: and I think he quoted about a 2 percent improvement with chemo. I then said well I could 'demand it' and he said people did this. I'm lucky that cancer is not huge in my family and I get there are no guarantees. The public radiation hospital I eventually went o didn't blink an eye although my surgeons work impressed them all! I'm glad I took my path and I do want to have years to come but my time now is also of value. Some time ago I met someone who had obviously been told I had breast cancer and she looked at my chest and said 'so you had a double mascetomies?' --no you probably wouldn't notice! And the she said looking at my hair 'so you lost all your hair and that's a wig?' Er no: I'd don't have chemo and this is my hair!" Best wishes!