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options other than medications
Hi My name is Margarita, I will be 54 this year. Its been twelve months since my cancer operations (had lump removed only), and I had 6 weeks of radiation. my cancer was only grade 1 and had not gon...
Hi @delcar1964,
Welcome to the forum. You'll find a wealth of information and warmth on here. Genox is Tamoxifen. Yep your head probably wasn't thinking straight on that. Me too amongst a host of other things.
Has your oncologist given you the percentages of extra cover against recurrence given your type of cancer and that you have done radiation as well? If it is only a slight percentage improvement it may help you to make a decision.
For example my cancer was grade 2 stage 2 with 5 lymph nodes involved and highly positive for ER/PR , I chose lumpectomy and had an axilliary lymph node clearance. Apparently that alone gave me a 65 % chance of it not coming back. Chemo added another 8% advantage, radiation another 5% and hormone therapy another 8%. I know they are only numbers and nothing is for certain but that is all we have to work with.
I have been complaining to my onc for 8 months about the side effects of hormone therapy. His next suggestion was and oopherectomy and AI drug. However could not guarantee I wouldn't get the same or worse side effects after that.
XOXOXO
Welcome to the forum. You'll find a wealth of information and warmth on here. Genox is Tamoxifen. Yep your head probably wasn't thinking straight on that. Me too amongst a host of other things.
Has your oncologist given you the percentages of extra cover against recurrence given your type of cancer and that you have done radiation as well? If it is only a slight percentage improvement it may help you to make a decision.
For example my cancer was grade 2 stage 2 with 5 lymph nodes involved and highly positive for ER/PR , I chose lumpectomy and had an axilliary lymph node clearance. Apparently that alone gave me a 65 % chance of it not coming back. Chemo added another 8% advantage, radiation another 5% and hormone therapy another 8%. I know they are only numbers and nothing is for certain but that is all we have to work with.
I have been complaining to my onc for 8 months about the side effects of hormone therapy. His next suggestion was and oopherectomy and AI drug. However could not guarantee I wouldn't get the same or worse side effects after that.
XOXOXO